Salix L.
Leaves linear to obovate; usually less than 5 cm wide. Flowers with 1 or 2 elongated nectaries Salix
Trees with one to several trunks 10–20 m high. Leaves linear to oblanceolate more than 3 times as long as broad. Catkins emerging with leaves
Trees with spreading or ascending branches
Twigs not breaking with a snap at the junctions
Branches yellow to orange. Leaves dull or slightly glossy above, becoming glabrescent; lanceolate, 5–10 cm long, serrulate. Rootlets white. Flowers crowded on the catkin rachis. Stamens 2. Tree up to 20 m high. Bark grey-brown. Widespread. Near fresh water. Introd. from Europe. Fl. spring White Willow Salix albavitellina
Branches not yellow