Gwen Kittel

Gwen Kittel, MS Botany, has 30 years of field experience in vegetation assessments. She has worked in all types of vegetation throughout western US. Her focus is on wetland and riparian vegetation classification, mapping, and restoration. She has worked for the Colorado Natural Heritage Program, NatureServe, and The Nature Conservancy. Currently she is a Museum Associate with University of Colorado Boulder Herbarium (COLO), and runs her own consulting firm Green Willow Consulting.

Gwen is available for lectures and field trips on willow taxonomy, identification, and ecology.

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Willows of Colorado: Their Ecology and Identification

Willows of Colorado: Their Ecology and Identification

Ecology of, dichotomous keys to, detailed species descriptions, and photos of all Colorado willow taxa.

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Willows (Salix) of Colorado: Their Ecology & Identification

Author Gwen Kittel

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Green Willow Consulting offers:

Willow ID workshops

Upland & Wetland Ecological Assessments

Restoration Services

"It's easy to become besotted with a willow."

---Hope Jahren

"...Willow, we will listen for a day, a week, a year,

till we know what willows say, what willows speak."

--- (excerpt) Willow by Robert MacFarlane