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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salix sericea
FAMILY
Salicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Silky Willow at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix sericea
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salix sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Salix sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-006:
Salix sericea FAMILY Salicaceae
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Salix coactilis
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Salix sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salix sericea
COMMON NAME:
Silky Willow, Shrub Willow, Satin Willow
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sase_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_sase_016_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0508c_34
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow s050806_be
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves pale and with appressed silky hairs below, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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JK Marlow jkm0310f_01
October Jackson County NC
Roadside/creekside
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JK Marlow jkm0310f_02
October Jackson County NC
Roadside/creekside
A large shrub, to 4m tall, usually clumplike and multiple-stemmed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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JK Marlow jkm0310f_03
October Jackson County NC
Roadside/creekside
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JK Marlow jkm0311c_15
November Jackson County NC
Roadside/creekside
Buds bluntly pointed, appressed to twig, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salix sericea
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix sericea
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salix sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Salix sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-006:
Salix sericea
FAMILY
Salicaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Salix coactilis
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Salix sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salix sericea
1303
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: bogs, fens, seeps, seepage swamps, peaty swamps, banks of small streams, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains & SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Sepals absent
Petals absent
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers in catkins, inflorescence usually erect
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p080
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p077
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p054
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p312
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p264
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p36
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p314
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