LEAVES: mature blade lower surface glaucous except when young. 2n = 76. NOTES: See the parent taxon for further description. Montane; thickets along streams, lake shores, meadows, and seepage areas; Apache, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Navajo, Yavapai cos.; 1200-2700 m (3700-8300 ft); Mar-Jun; AK, and w N.W.T. to Sask., Can., s to CA, NM, WY. The report of S. lucida subsp. caudata (Nutt.) E. Murray from AZ (Argus 1986) was an error based on juvenile specimens which often lack leaf glaucescence. Figure 14. REFERENCES: Argus, George W. 1995. SalicaceaePart 2. Salix. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. 29(1): 39