Sitka Willow - Salix sitchensis
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Very common along streams and rivers throughout the Park, most often below 3000 feet, although on the east side plants can reach 5000 feet. Usually growing as a thicket-forming shrub, the species can also grow as a small tree. Photographed (left) in a meadow south of Cayuse Pass on on July 25, 2014, (center) at the Kautz Creek trailhead on April 29, 2014, and (right) at Sunshine Point on August 2, 2014.