Salix ×jesupii Fern.
Jesup's willow (white willow × shining willow)
Jesup's willow (white willow × shining willow)
April 21,
Schenob Brook Fen, Sheffield
Outermost cataphyll (the first of a few reduced leaves on the developing shoot) resembles one in S. lucida, as it is narrow, not embracing the bud content.