Salix sitchensis
Salix sitchensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Salicaceae |
Genus: | Salix |
Species: | S. sitchensis
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Binomial name | |
Salix sitchensis Sanson ex Bong.
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Synonyms | |
Salix coulteri |
Salix sitchensis is a species of willow known by the common name Sitka willow.
It is native to northwestern North America from Alaska to northern California to Montana.
It is a common to abundant plant in many types of coastal and inland wetland habitat, such as marshes, riverbanks, swamps, coastal sand dunes, and mountain springs.
Description[]
Salix sitchensis is variable in appearance, taking the form of a bushy shrub or an erect tree up to 8 m (26 ft) tall. The leaves are up to 12 cm long, lance-shaped or oval with pointed tips, smooth-edged or toothed, often with the edges rolled under. The undersides are hairy to woolly in texture, and the upper surfaces are mostly hairless and dark green.
The inflorescence is a catkin of flowers, slender or short and stout. Male catkins are up to 6 cm long and female catkins are longer, sometimes exceeding 10 cm as the fruits develop. The bloom period is March in California.
External links[]
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Salix sitchensis[permanent dead link]
- Washington Burke Museum
- Salix sitchensis in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Salix sitchensis. |
- Salix
- Flora of Alaska
- Flora of California
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of Western Canada
- Salicaceae stubs