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Yellow Willow (Salix lutea) is a native shrub that grows in northern, southern and central California. It is fast growing and moderately long-lived. It grows in an upright form to a height of 16 feet, with active growth during the spring and summer. Flowers are yellow and bloom in the spring. Leaves are light-green and deciduous. This plant tends to grow in stream edges and wet meadows, at elevations from 5000-9500 feet.
Tree
16 - 23 ft Tall
Upright
Fast
Winter Deciduous
Yellow, Cream, Green
Spring
Full Sun
High
Adaptable, tolerant of sand, loam and clay.
For propagating by seed: No treatment. Use fresh seeds (usually only viable a few days). Seeds should not be covered or pressed into a medium. Seedbed should be kept saturated for the first month. Easily propogated from cuttings.
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Stream edges, wet meadows
Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
2 confirmed and 192 likely
Lorquin's Admiral
Limenitis lorquini
Willow Leaf Blotch Miner
Phyllonorycter salicifoliella
Luteus Dart Moth
Abagrotis trigona