Salix matsudana 'Tortuosa'
Corkscrew Willow (Dragon's Claw Willow)
Salicaceae

Located along Mirror Lake by path.

  • leaves alternate, linear, twisted and contorted
  • buds with a single scale
  • stems smooth, yellowish, gnarled and twisted in a random, fanciful manner
  • flowers and fruit inconspicuous
  • habit is usually a single stem tree with main limbs and lateral branches that are contorted and twisted
  • bark is rough, fissured, brown


View Salix matsudana page in the UConn Plant Database

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