OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Salix occidentalis   FAMILY Salicaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Salix occidentalis, Dwarf Upland Willow, Dwarf Prairie Willow, Sage Willow

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

map
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Sepals absent
Petals absent
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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