Size: tree, 50-70' average height at maturity
Buds: covered with a single scale, bright yellow, usually flattened, rounded at apex
Leaves: deciduous, alternate, 1.5-4" long, .25-.625" wide, simple, lanceolate, acuminate tip, serrulate, bright green above, glaucous and silky below
Twigs: bright yellow, slender, long, pendulous
Flowers: dioecious tree, upright catkins, 1.75-2.25"
Fruit: capsule with 2 valves and cottony seeds
Bark: yellow-brown to brown, corky ridges and furrows
