Tree Guide: Goat Willow

Goat Willow Salix caprea

Deciduous

10 metres tall

Leaves, thin and oval, to 12cm long

Flowers, early spring, in catkins

Small fruit capsules, May-June, with woolly seeds

Puss Moth

Cerura vinula

 

Forewing length 28-38mm

Adults May-July

Larva July-September

Overwinters as a pupa

Powdered Quaker

Orthosia gracilis

Forewing length 15-19mm

Adults April-May

Larva May-July

Overwinters as a pupa

Small Seraphim

Pterapherapteryx sexalata

Forewing length 9-12mm

Adults June-July

Larva July-August

Overwinters as a pupa