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'''''Salix discolor''''' ('''American Willow'''<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?102704 ''Salix discolor'']</ref>) is a species of [[willow]] native to [[North America]], one of two species commonly called [[Pussy Willow]]. [[Image:pussy willow branch.jpg|thumb|left|Branch with catkins in early spring]] It is native to the northern forests and wetlands of [[Canada]] ([[British Columbia]] east to [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]]) and the northeastern contiguous [[United States]] ([[Idaho]] south to [[Wyoming]], and east to [[Maine]] and [[Maryland]]).<ref name=grin/><ref name=bc>Plants of British Columbia: [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Salix+discolor ''Salix discolor'']</ref><ref name=boreal>Borealforests: [http://www.borealforest.org/shrubs/shrub44.htm ''Salix discolor'']</ref> It is a weak-wooded [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] growing to 6 m tall, with brown shoots. The [[leaf|leaves]] are oval, 3–14 cm long and 1-3.5 cm broad, green above and downy grey-white beneath. The [[flower]]s are soft silky silvery [[catkin]]s, borne in early spring before the new leaves appear, with the male and female catkins on different plants ([[plant sexuality|dioecious]]); the male catkins mature yellow at [[pollen]] release. The [[fruit]] is a small [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] 7–12 mm long containing numerous minute seeds embedded in cottony down.<ref name=bc/><ref name=boreal/> As with the closely related ''[[Salix caprea]]'' (European Pussy Willow), it is also often grown for cut flowers. See [[Pussy Willow]] for further cultural information and other uses. {{Inc| '''''[[Salix]] discolor'''''. Pussy Willow. A shrub or short-trunked tree, 10-20 ft. high: buds very large and nearly black: lvs. smooth and bright green above, whitish beneath, irregularly crenate-serrate: aments appear early in spring, before the lvs., closely sessile, enveloped in long, silky hairs. E. N. Amer.—Worthy of more extended cult. and thriving in dry ground. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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