Original identification: Salix boothii
Current identification: Salix
Photographer: Craig Althen
Date Photographed: May 21, 2015
Location: U.S.A., Montana, Flathead County: Big Mountain.
Elevation: 3900 ft.
Coordinates: [not provided]
Phenology: Vegetative
Annotation History:
Salix
Michael Stein, January 6th, 2026
Glaucous abaxial leaf surfaces would exclude Salix boothii in this instance. The glabrous nature of both adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces, as well as twigs, would suggest a possible ID of Salix prolixa.