''Salix jepsonii'' is a species of
willow known by the common name Jepson's willow.
[Calflora: ''Salix jepsonii'']
/ref> it is named for renowned California botanist Willis Linn Jepson.
It is endemic to California, found in the Klamath Mountains and throughout the Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
.[ It grows along rivers and streams in high mountain habitat, between in elevation.][Jepson (TJM2): ''Salix jepsonii'']
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Description
''Salix jepsonii'' is a shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
growing tall, sometimes forming colonial thickets. The lance-shaped leaves may grow over 10 centimeters long. They are hairy when new, and have silky hairs on the undersides when mature.[
The inflorescence is a ]catkin
A catkin or ament is a slim, cylindrical flower cluster (a spike), with inconspicuous or no petals, usually wind-pollinated (anemophilous) but sometimes insect-pollinated (as in ''Salix''). They contain many, usually unisexual flowers, arranged cl ...
of flowers, male catkins short and stout, measuring no more than 2 centimeters long, and female catkins reaching up to 6 centimeters in length.[ Its bloom period is June.][
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References
External links
Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Salix jepsonii''UC CalPhotos gallery: ''Salix jepsonii''
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Endemic flora of California
Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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