Description from
Flora of China
Salix jeholensis Nakai.
Female catkin bracts ± pubescent at base. Female flower: adaxial and abaxial glands present.
Used for timber, weaving wicker baskets, reforestation, a street tree, an ornamental, and as a nectariferous plant.
This variety has three often-cultivated forms: f. pendula C. K. Schneider (branches pendulous), f. tortuosa (Vilm) Rehder (branches twisted), and f. umbraculifera Rehder (crown fan-shaped).
* Commonly planted on plains. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang