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Salix caprea |
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Goat Willow |
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A large shrub or small tree with a narrow, bushy
habit and upright branches. |
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15-25 feet tall with a spread of 12-15 feet |
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Plants are
dioecious. Flowers are in catkins
the males to 1½ inches long, covered with
dense, silvery hair, the female growing to 2½
inches long, in early spring. |
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Leaves are alternate, simple, 2-4 inches long,
broadly elliptic to oblong, irregular and
slightly toothed to entire, wrinkled, dark green
in color, with a grayish pubescence on the
underside. |
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Fall color is nonexistent to greenish-yellow. |
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Buds are ¼ -½ inch long, purplish brown,
with a single, cap-like scale. |
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Fruit is a hairy capsule and not showy. |
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