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Salix niphoclada
Salix niphoclada Rydb.
Barren Ground Willow, Barren-ground Willow, Barrenground Willow, Snow Willow
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Synonym(s): Salix brachycarpa ssp. fullertonensis, Salix brachycarpa ssp. niphoclada, Salix brachycarpa var. fullertonensis, Salix brachycarpa var. mexiae, Salix fullertonensis, Salix glauca var. niphoclada, Salix muriei, Salix niphoclada var. fullertonensis, Salix niphoclada var. mexiae, Salix niphoclada var. muriei
USDA Symbol: SANI10
USDA Native Status: AK (N), CAN (N)
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Shrub
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 10 feet tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Yellow , Green , Brown , BlackBloom Time: Jun , Jul
Bloom Notes: Flowers inconspicuous. Bloom color represents color of floral bracts on catkins or color of anthers.
Distribution
USA: AKCanada: BC , NT , NU , YT
Native Habitat: Wet to moderately well-drained calcareous, gravelly or sandy floodplains, terraces, eskers, drumlins, fine, silty loess deposits, dry to mesic stony alpine slopes and saline flats, limestone talus, sand blowouts, plains.
Web Reference
Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Additional resources
USDA: Find Salix niphoclada in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Salix niphoclada in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Salix niphoclada
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-11-16Research By: CBR