Original identification: Salix melanopsis
Current identification: Salix melanopsis
Photographer: Gerald D. Carr
Date Photographed: June 6, 2009
Location: U.S.A., Oregon, Douglas County: between Cow Cr. Rd. and Cow Creek at Island Cr. BLM site, 6.9 mi. SW of Riddle, Oregon.
Elevation: 755 ft.
Coordinates: 42.91288° N, 123.48141° W
Phenology: Flowers
Comments: The catkins (aments) here are staminate. The shape of the leaf blade varies somewhat between elliptic and lanceolate, with fine sharp points along the edges (serrulate). Leaf arrangement is alternate.