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Salix glauca var. acutifolia

Salix glauca L. var. acutifolia (Hook.) C.K. Schneid.

Grayleaf Willow

Salicaceae (Willow family)

Synonym(s): Salix glauca ssp. acutifolia, Salix glauca var. alicea, Salix glauca var. perstipulata, Salix glauca var. poliophylla, Salix glauca var. seemanii, Salix seemanii, Salix villosa var. acutifolia

USDA Symbol: SAGLA

USDA Native Status: AK (N), CAN (N)

This taxon appears as Salix glauca ssp. glauca var. acutifolia on the USDA PLANTS Database website.

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub , Tree
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 20 feet tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Green , Brown
Bloom Time: May , Jun , Jul
Bloom Notes: Flowers inconspicuous. Bloom color represents color of floral bracts on catkins or color of anthers.

Distribution

USA: AK
Canada: BC , NT , NU , YT
Native Habitat: Wet to mesic thickets, black spruce treed bogs, white spruce woods, floodplains, fens, swamps, subarctic thickets, alpine tundra.

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 glauca var. acutifolia in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Salix glauca var. acutifolia in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Salix glauca var. acutifolia

Metadata

Record Modified: 2023-07-24
Research By: CBR

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