Salix eastwoodiae

Salix eastwoodiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Salix
Species:	S. eastwoodiae
Binomial name
Salix eastwoodiae Cockerell ex. A.Heller

Salix eastwoodiae is a species of willow known by the common names mountain willow,Eastwood's willow, and Sierra willow.

It is native to California, Nevada, and the northwestern United States. It grows in subalpine and alpine climates in mountain habitats such as talus and streambanks.

Salix eastwoodiae is a shrub growing up to 4 m (13 ft) tall, with branches yellowish, brown, red, or purplish in color and coated in short hairs, sometimes becoming hairless. The leaves are narrowly or widely lance-shaped and up to 10 cm long, hairy when new and becoming hairless.

The inflorescence is a catkin of flowers. The bloom period is May to July.

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