Gwen Kittel - Willows (Salix) of Colorado: Their Ecology & Identification

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

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

Boulder BookStore Event,
Thursday, June 12th, 6:30 pm
1107 Pearl St, Boulder, CO

Gwen will speak on the importance of willows in our lives, in wetland and stream-side ecosystem health and conservation. She will present key features of the field guide and the role of accurate plant identification in management, restoration, and gardening.

See full Table of Contents and sample pages HERE.

Reviews

"I bought your Salix book and have never regretted a penny. It's wonderful. I've never used a flower identification book so detailed and so navigable, and with such useful photographs and pertinent habitat information."

Errata

Errata corrections to the first printing (2023) (117 KB)

A few minor corrections and updates to the text.

Errata corrections to the second printing (2024) (150 KB)

A few minor corrections and updates to the text of the 2nd printing.

Field Classes and Workshops Available.

Willows of Grand Junction & Grand Mesa

Willows of Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Willows of the Vail Bike Path

Sedges and Phenology at Todd Gulch Fen

Book your own custom willow class for your team!

Full day workshop (indoor) or field Trip (you choose location).

Willow ID Classes Available, click here for more info. (223 KB)

3rd Printing Now Available!

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10% proceeds benefit the Colorado Native Plant Society (CoNPS.org)

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10% of proceeds go to the Colorado Native Plant Society

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10% of proceeds benefit the Colorado Native Plant Society (CoNPS.org)

Author Gwen Kittel

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