Fen margin at roadside (tamaracks are in the background). One of the parent species, white willow and its hybrids were once planted in the area in large amounts; now they have become abundant in the wild. By the structure of the flowering buds, the hybrid is somewhat intermediate between the two species. These hybrids appear to be under-reported. According to G. Argus, samples of S. ×jesupii are often misidentified in herbaria as S. alba, S. euxina, S. ×fragilis, or S. lucida (FNA).