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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Salix occidentalis
FAMILY
Salicaceae
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Read more about Dwarf Upland Willow at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix humilis var. tristis
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salix humilis var. tristis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Salix humilis var. tristis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Salix humilis var. tristis
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Salix humilis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-003?:
Salix humilis FAMILY Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Salix humilis var. microphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salix tristis
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Upland Willow, Dwarf Prairie Willow, Sage Willow
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_satr2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Salix occidentalis
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix humilis var. tristis
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salix humilis var. tristis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Salix humilis var. tristis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Salix humilis var. tristis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Salix humilis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-003?:
Salix humilis
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Salix humilis var. microphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salix tristis
3701
Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: barrens, glades, rocky or hardpan woodlands, prairies, powerline rights-of-way, rarely in depression ponds, especially over mafic (such as amphibolite), ultramafic (such as olivine), or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare 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
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p084
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p314
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