This small tree or large shrub from Eurasia is a rare escape from cultivation in the North Carolina Mountains.

Other common names include Great Sallow and Pussy Willow (one of several species called that).

Buncombe Co., NC 7/8/06.

The leaf undersides, petioles, and branchlets are white-hairy.

Buncombe Co., NC 7/8/06.

The bark is smooth.

Buncombe Co., NC 7/8/06.