Mt. Rainier Flora --
Salix commutata -- (Under-green Willow)
As with other willows, the male and female catkins are borne on separate plants. Here the ripening female capsules are shedding seeds.
Author: Susan McDougall
Paradise River, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.7953, -121.7166, 5980
Date: August 29, 2014
The undersides of the leaves of this willow are green, a feature that separates it from the other common subalpine willow, Barclay's. The leaves are elliptical and slightly hairy when young.
Author: Susan McDougall
Louise Lake Trail, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.764, -121.6968, 4332
Date: July 1, 2014
These pollen-bearing catkins have only recently opened.
Author: Susan McDougall
Paradise Valley, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.7911, -121.7280,
Date: July 1, 2016
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