Coyote Willow

This Willow offers intense, silver-gray, finely-textured leaves that maintain color throughout the summer. Native Focus: Salix exigua, Coyote Willow, is a small, clumping, deciduous tree, 4 – 15 ft. tall. The bark is gray and furrowed; the leaves silky-gray. Catkins appear after the leaves and its seeds are carried by the wind on fluffy tufts. Grows in well drained sites near water at variety of elevations.
This hardy species has perhaps the greatest range of all tree willows: from the Yukon River in central Alaska to the Mississippi River in southern Louisiana. A common and characteristic tree along streams throughout the interior, especially the Great Plains and Southwest, it is drought-resistant and suitable for planting on stream bottoms to prevent surface erosion. Native American Indians made baskets from the twigs and bark. (Lady Bird Johnson)

Hardy to -50°F
Maximum Elevation: 10,000 ft.