Size: shrub, 2' average height at maturity (5'spread)
Buds: very small, appressed, pubescent
Leaves: deciduous, alternate, .5" long, .25 side, elliptical, apex acute, stipular leaves present, gray-green above, silvery gray below, very pubescent
Twigs: slender, green to red-brown depending on sun exposure, very pubescent
Flowers: dioecious shrub, yellow anthered catkins in spring before leaves
Fruit: inconspicuous capsule
