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Definition of Sitka willow
1. Noun. Small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon).
Group relationships: Genus Salix, Salix
Generic synonyms: Willow, Willow Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sitka Willow
Literary usage of Sitka willow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Sitka willow. A shrub, 10-12 ft. high and more: Ivs. obovate, glabrous, clothed
beneath with silky hairs which have a beautiful satiny luster: aments ..."
2. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"Velvet Willow, often called Sitka willow or Silky Willow, is a shrub 5 to 12 feet
high or a tree up to 25 feet high, the trunk 2 to 10 inches in diameter. ..."
3. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia Wilmotte Henderson Henshaw (1915)
"Sitka willow. 9. S. arctica. Pall. Arctic Willow. II. POPULUS. (Tourn.) L. 1. P.
tremuloides. Michx. Aspen Poplar. 2. P. balsamifera. L. Balm of Gilead. 3. ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"... and they vary in size from the diminutive and exceedingly rare little Salix
polaris, to the large bush of the Sitka willow, S. Sitchensis. ..."
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