Salicaceae
Sitka willow
Salix sitchensis
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Sitka willow
- Icelandic
- Sitkavíðir
- Russian
- Ива ситхинская
Synonyms
- Salix coulteri Andersson
- Salix coulteri f. parvifolia (Jeps.) C.K.Schneid.
- Salix cuneata Nutt.
- Salix sitchensis f. coulteri (Andersson) Jeps.
- Salix sitchensis f. parvifolia Jeps.
- Salix sitchensis var. congesta Andersson
- Salix sitchensis var. coulteri (Andersson) Jeps.
- Salix sitchensis var. denudata Andersson
- Salix sitchensis var. parvifolia (Jeps.) Jeps.
- Salix sitchensis var. sitchensis
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 254 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel Campbell-Martinez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sam Beaumont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Irene, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mara Christensen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Irene, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Zachary M.C., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Sean Haight, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zachary M.C., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, 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.