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Looks to me like Salix exigua to me. :-)
Thanks Ben, that one is not in my book, but just google'd and looks very, very similar.
Only question I would then have is that very very few leaves have dropped - I would expected to see evidence as I understand all that genus is deciduous ?
Some willows drop their leaves late. This will drop in due course, unless it's a mild winter or the tree is in a very warm spot...
I think all Salix are indeed deciduous; of course we know about evergreen oaks, but I've also seen a couple of evergreen Acers!
I had one of these grow from the graft on an ornamental weeping pussy-willow. This was a very old plant, the owner of the house had been there for decades and it was there when she bought the house, and the pussy-willow was long-dead. Not an attractive plant, but then it never had a chance to grow in a natural way.
Great shot though. Some serious mist, almost expecting something to jump out at me! Winner of the "Halloween" photo competition.
A very long shot - but it looks very similar - especially the leather-like gloss to the leaf, to some Biomass-Hyrbid willows around - these are mostly Salix viminalis Hybrids - usually with Salix Triandra or similar.
That said the shear volume of willow hyrbids in use atm means it could be any!
I do recall one varaiety being catalogues as coming into leaf later than any other variety but holding its leaves much later too - I will try and think
Yes, could be a S. viminalis hybrid. Somewhere I have a monograph on Salix- if nobody's put a definite answer to it when I get home tonight I will take a look in the book.