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Interior: Answers
to key questions in Conifers & Catkin-Bearing Trees and Shrubs of
Saskatchewan, Fascicle 5, Flora of Saskatchewan by Anna Leighton leading
to this species. The answers are in the order you would normally work
through the key.
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Catkins
usually flowering as leaves emerge, sometimes just before leaves emerge
or throughout the season, subtended by small green leaves of the
flowering branchlet that supports them. NOT [Catkins usually
flowering before leaves emerge, borne directly on bare branches
(sessile) and subtended by 1 - 3 short, greenish or brownish, caducous
bract-like leaves] |
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Low to
tall shrubs or trees; not confined to subarctic regions. NOT
[Dwarf shrubs <= 0.15 m (15 cm) tall; subarctic regions] |
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Shrubs,
usually with several stems; ovaries glabrous or hairy. NOT
[Trees, with a single trunk, or with several trunks of tree stature;
ovaries glabrous] |
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Plants
flowering as leaves emerge or throughout the season, often bearing
branched catkins; leaf blades linear or strap-shaped, 9 – 14 – 24
times longer than wide, up to 11 mm wide with margins remotely
spinulose-serrulate, the teeth widely spaced; hairs on leaves white,
ferruginous hairs lacking; plants forming extensive colonies by root
shoots. NOT [Plants without the above combination of
characteristics.]
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Salix: Answers
to key questions in Conifers & Catkin-Bearing Trees and Shrubs of
Saskatchewan, Fascicle 5, Flora of Saskatchewan by Anna Leighton leading
to this genus.
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shrubs or trees; NOT [trees] |
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buds covered by 1 scale; NOT [buds
covered by 3-10 scales] |
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buds scale not resinous; NOT [bud scale
usually resinous] |
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catkins sessile or terminating flowering
branchlets; NOT [catkins sessile] |
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catkins erect, spreading, or +/-
pendulous; NOT [catkins pendulous] |
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floral bracts entire, erose, bifid, or
irregularly toothed; NOT [floral bracts deeply cut] |
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perianth reduced to an adaxial nectary
(rarely also an abaxial nectary, then the 2 nectaries distinct or
connate into a shallow cup); NOT [perianth reduced to a
non-nectariferous, cup-shaped or shallow saucer-shaped floral disc] |
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stamens 1, 2, or 3 – 10; NOT [stamens 6
– 60 (70)] |
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capsules obclavate to ovoid or ellipsoid;
NOT [capsules narrowly ovoid to spherical, with the floral disc
persistent at base] |
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capsules 2-valved; NOT [capsules 2 - 4
valved] |
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