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Salix richardsonii
Salix richardsonii Hook.
Richardson's Willow, Woolly Willow
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Synonym(s): Salix lanata ssp. richardsonii, Salix richardsonii var. mckeandii
USDA Symbol: SARI4
USDA Native Status: AK (N), CAN (N)
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Shrub , Tree
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 20 feet tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Yellow , Green , Purple , Brown , BlackBloom Time: May , Jun , Jul
Bloom Notes: Flowers inconspicuous. Bloom color represents color of floral bracts on catkins or color of anthers.
Distribution
USA: AKCanada: BC , MB , NT , NU , YT
Native Habitat: Arctic, subarctic, subalpine and boreal, stream terraces and floodplains, open forests, wet sedge meadows, fens, drumlin fields, gravel ridges, bogs, cliff ledges, snowbeds, silt, sand and gravel, calcareous or igneous substrates.
National Wetland Indicator Status
Region: | AGCP | AK | AW | CB | EMP | GP | HI | MW | NCNE | WMVE |
Status: | FACW |
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 richardsonii in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Salix richardsonii in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Salix richardsonii
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-11-16Research By: CBR