Shrubs or trees, 1-5 m. Buds caprea-type. Leaves: stipules on late ones foliaceous; largest medial blade 1-3 times as long as wide, adaxial surface not glaucous. Staminate flowers: filaments glabrous or hairy basally. Pistillate flowers: adaxial nectary shorter than stipe; stipe 0.8-3.5 mm; ovary glabrous or pubescent; stigmas broadly cylindrical, 0.3-0.6 mm.

Species 3 (1 in the flora): introduced, Ontario; Eurasia.

Lower Taxon

• Salix myrsinifolia Salisbury