Bebb's willow
Salix bebbiana
14 of 40
May 8,
West Boylston
Pistillate catkins look very sparse: they are lax and open due to long fruit pedicels. Fruiting pedicels are a few times longer than subtending bracts. Bracts are small, light-colored, and thus very inconspicuous. Ovaries are silky-sericeous.