PLANTS Profile for Salix humilis (prairie willow)

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PLANTS Profile

Salix humilis Marsh.
prairie willow

Symbol:

SAHU2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Salicaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Salix humilis Marsh.

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Distribution:
Salix humilis Marsh.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Salix humilis Marsh.

View 2 genera in Salicaceae, 169 species in Salix or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Salix humilis var. humilis
prairie willow

Salix humilis var. tristis
prairie willow

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Salix humilis Marsh.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Salicales
Family	Salicaceae – Willow family
Genus	Salix L. – willow
Species	Salix humilis Marsh. – prairie willow

Wetland Indicator Status:
Salix humilis Marsh.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Salix humilis Marsh.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22546.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Salix humilis Marsh.

BorealForest.Org

IL-Illinois Natural History Survey

OK-Oklahoma Biological Survey

USDI GS NPWRC-Aquatic and Wetland Vascular Plants of the Northern Great Plains

USDI NPS Chesapeake Bay Watershed Natives

WI-University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (Freckmann Herbarium)

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 02:33 AM MDT