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Salix humilis, known as prairie willow, is a species of willow native to the United States and Canada, east of the Rockies. [2] It is a shrub, 2–12 feet tall, which often forms thickets. The stems are yellowish to brown. The gray-green to blue-green foliage has insignificant fall color. [3] [4] Male and female flowers are found on separate ...
Salix discolor, the American pussy willow [2] or glaucous willow, [3] is a species of willow native to North America, one of two species commonly called pussy willow.. It is native to the vast reaches of Alaska as well as the northern forests and wetlands of Canada (British Columbia east to Newfoundland), and is also found in the northern portions of the contiguous United States (Washington ...
Salix lucida – shining willow, Pacific willow, whiplash willow; Salix lutea – yellow willow; Salix matsudana† – Chinese willow; Salix melanopsis – dusky willow; Salix monticola – mountain willow, cherry willow, serviceberry willow, park willow; Salix nivalis – net-leaved willow, snow willow; Salix petrophila – alpine willow ...
Salix purpurea, the purple willow, [3] purpleosier willow, [4] or purple osier, is a species of willow native to most of Europe and north to the British Isles, Poland, and the Baltic States, [5] [6] [7] and Turkey, the Caucasus, and northwestern Africa.
Salix amygdaloides, the almond leaf willow or peach leaf willow, is a species of willow native to central North America east of the Cascade Range. [2] It can be found in southern Canada and the United States —from western British Columbia to Quebec , Idaho , Montana and Arizona to eastern Kentucky . [ 3 ]
The plant also spreads via vegetative reproduction, sprouting from the base of the stem or from segments of root, and by layering, allowing the plant to form colonies of clones. [ 3 ] This is the most important species of diamond willow , a type of willow which produces fine, colorful wood used for carving . [ 3 ]
Salix caroliniana, commonly known as the coastal plain willow, is a shrub or small tree [2] native to the southeastern United States, Mexico and parts of Central America and the Caribbean. It is an obligate wetland species and grows as an emergent species in the Everglades .
Salix eriocephala, known as heart-leaved willow or Missouri River willow, is a species of willow native to a large portion of the temperate United States and Canada. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is usually found as a narrow shrub or small tree with multiple trunks growing to a height of 20 ft (6.1 m).