Status: Native
Synonyms:
By var., see Allred and others
Salix bonplandiana can be a streamside shrub or a tree up to about 15 meters in height. The young twigs are red. The leaves are lanceolate and serrulate. They are green above and white underneath. The bark of mature trees is heavily ridged. Salix bonplandiana is found in lower elevation canyons in the southwest portion of the Gila National Forest.
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Salix bonplandiana, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Sycamore Canyon near Cliff, November 22, 2009
Salix bonplandiana, crown of mature, nearly 30 foot tall tree, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Sycamore Canyon near Cliff, November 22, 2009
Salix bonplandiana, trunk of mature, nearly 30 foot tall tree, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Sycamore Canyon near Cliff, November 22, 2009
Salix bonplandiana, bark of mature, nearly 30 foot tall tree, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Sycamore Canyon near Cliff, November 22, 2009
Salix bonplandiana, adaxial (upper) leaf surface, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Sycamore Canyon near Cliff, November 22, 2009
Salix bonplandiana, abaxial (lower) leaf surface, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Sycamore Canyon near Cliff, November 22, 2009
Salix bonplandiana, purple young twig, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Sycamore Canyon near Cliff, November 22, 2009
Salix bonplandiana, catkin, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Sycamore Canyon near Cliff, November 22, 2009
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