Salicaceae
Dusky willow
Salix melanopsis
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Dusky willow
Synonyms
- Oisodix fulva Raf.
- Salix bolanderiana Rowlee
- Salix exigua subsp. melanopsis (Nutt.) Cronquist
- Salix exigua var. gracilipes (C.R.Ball) Cronquist
- Salix exigua var. melanopsis (Nutt.) Cronquist
- Salix exigua var. tenerrima (L.F.Hend.) C.K.Schneid.
- Salix fluviatilis Nutt.
- Salix fluviatilis var. tenerrima (L.F.Hend.) Howell
- Salix longifolia var. tenerrima L.F.Hend.
- Salix melanopsis var. bolanderiana (Rowlee) C.K.Schneid.
- Salix melanopsis var. gracilipes C.R.Ball
- Salix melanopsis var. kronkheitii Kelso
- Salix melanopsis var. melanopsis
- Salix melanopsis var. tenerrima (L.F.Hend.) C.R.Ball
- Salix parksiana C.R.Ball
- Salix sessilifolia var. vancouverensis Brayshaw
- Salix tenerrima (L.F.Hend.) A.Heller
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mark Pollock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mark Pollock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Mark Pollock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Sue Elwell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J Straka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: cheryl bouchard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gabriel Campbell-Martinez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.