*Salix alba L.alba

Young branches brown or olive green. Leaves dull or slightly glossy above, persistently silky, scarious below; 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. Golden Willow