Salix humilis (Prairie Willow)

Dark green foliage, dense branching habit. Birds nest in the willow thickets. Showy catkins.

Associates: Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem), Aster azureus (Sky-blue Aster), Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master), Koeleria cristata (June Grass), Lespedeza capitata (Round-Headed Bushclover), Parthenium integrifolium (Wild Quinine), Phlox pilosa (Prairie Phlox), Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen), Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass), Sporobolus heterolepis (Prairie Dropseed), Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders)