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Salix brachycarpa var. brachycarpa
Salix brachycarpa Nutt. var. brachycarpa
Shortfruit Willow, Small-fruit Willow
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Synonym(s): Salix brachycarpa ssp. brachycarpa, Salix brachycarpa var. alticola, Salix brachycarpa var. antimima, Salix brachycarpa var. glabellicarpa, Salix brachycarpa var. sansonii, Salix chlorolepis var. antimima, Salix desertorum var. fruticulosa, Salix desertorum var. stricta, Salix stricta
USDA Symbol: SABRB7
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Shrub
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 5 feet tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Yellow , Green , BrownBloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug
Bloom Notes: Flowers inconspicuous. Bloom color represents color of floral bracts on catkins or color of anthers.
Distribution
USA: CA , CO , ID , MT , NM , OR , UT , WA , WYCanada: AB , BC , MB , NT , ON , QC , SK , YT
Native Habitat: Moist to mesic open forests, sedge fens, seepage on limestone, scree slopes, gravel floodplains.
Web Reference
Webref 30 - Calflora (2018) CalfloraWebref 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 brachycarpa var. brachycarpa in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Salix brachycarpa var. brachycarpa in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Salix brachycarpa var. brachycarpa
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-11-16Research By: CBR