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Salix pyrifolia Andersson
balsam willow

       
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Line Drawing of Salix pyrifolia Andersson
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 596. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Salix pyrifolia Andersson

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Synonyms:
Salix pyrifolia Andersson

  SABA12 Salix balsamifera (Hook.) Barratt ex Andersson
  SABAA3 Salix balsamifera (Hook.) Barratt ex Andersson var. alpestris Bebb
  SABAL4 Salix balsamifera (Hook.) Barratt ex Andersson var. lanceolata Bebb
  SABAV2 Salix balsamifera (Hook.) Barratt ex Andersson var. vegeta Bebb
  SACOB Salix cordata Muhl. var. balsamifera Hook.
  SAPYL Salix pyrifolia Andersson var. lanceolata (Bebb) Fernald
 

Distribution:
Salix pyrifolia Andersson

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, VT, WI), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Salix pyrifolia Andersson

View 2 genera in Salicaceae, 169 species in Salix
 

Classification:
Salix pyrifolia Andersson

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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 pyrifolia Andersson – balsam willow
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Salix pyrifolia Andersson

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
balsam willow              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Salix pyrifolia Andersson

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW,FACW+ FACW NO FACW+ NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Salix pyrifolia Andersson

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22575.

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.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/24/2008 10:57 PM MDT