Salix alaxensis (Anderss.) Cov.
 
FamilySalicaceae — APG family: Salicaceae
SynonymsSalix speciosa Hook., Salix speciosa var. alaxensis Anderss.
Common namealaska willow
DescriptionShrub or small tree, up to 6-8 meters tall; young twigs woolly; leaves oblanceo- late to obovate, acute (rarely lanceolate), with dense, white felt beneath; catkins stout, sessile, erect, appearing at same time as young leaves; stipules glandular on margin, tomentose; capsules densely white-haired; stamens 2; filaments glabrous.
EcologyCommon along creeks and rivers, in the Yukon to at least 1,800 meters.
UsesThe inner bark, or “keeleeyuk,” is scraped together and eaten by the natives. (See color section.)
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.