| Salix eastwoodiae | |
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| 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 |
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Salix eastwoodiae is a species of willow known by the common names Eastwood's willow, mountain willow, and Sierra willow. It is native to the northwestern United States, where it grows in subalpine and alpine climates in mountain habitat such as talus and streambanks.
It is a shrub growing up to 4 meters tall, the 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 centimeters long, hairy when new and becoming hairless. The inflorescence is a catkin of flowers.