Salix gooddingii
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Salix gooddingii is a species of willow
known by the common name Goodding's willow, or Goodding's black willow. It was named for its collector, Leslie Newton Goodding.
Salix gooddingii is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in moist and wet habitat in many types of habitat from mountains to desert. It is a common riparian
species. It is a tree
growing three to 30 meters tall, with thick, furrowed, shreddy bark and many thin branches. The leaves are up to 13 centimeters long, generally lance-shaped, and finely serrated along the edges. The young leaves are coated in hairs. The inflorescence
is a catkin
of flowers up to 8 centimeters long.
Willow
Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
known by the common name Goodding's willow, or Goodding's black willow. It was named for its collector, Leslie Newton Goodding.
Salix gooddingii is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in moist and wet habitat in many types of habitat from mountains to desert. It is a common riparian
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
species. It is a tree
Tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...
growing three to 30 meters tall, with thick, furrowed, shreddy bark and many thin branches. The leaves are up to 13 centimeters long, generally lance-shaped, and finely serrated along the edges. The young leaves are coated in hairs. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
is a catkin
Catkin
A catkin or ament is a slim, cylindrical flower cluster, with inconspicuous or no petals, usually wind-pollinated but sometimes insect pollinated . They contain many, usually unisexual flowers, arranged closely along a central stem which is often drooping...
of flowers up to 8 centimeters long.