English

willow, peachleaf

Scientific Name

Salix amygdalloides

Arapaho

boo’ooceiyookuu’

Translation of the Arapaho

‘standing red willow’

Peachleaf Willow and the Arapaho

Ferdinand Hayden in the 19th century identified the plant of this name as “a large willow, growing near the foot of the mountains.”