PLANTS Profile for Salix alba (white willow)

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PLANTS Profile

Salix alba L.
white willow

Symbol:

SAAL2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Salicaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Herman, D.E., et al. 1996. North Dakota tree handbook. USDA NRCS ND State Soil Conservation Committee; NDSU Extension and Western Area Power Administration, Bismarck. Courtesy of ND State Soil Conservation Committee. Provided by USDA NRCS ND State Office. United States, ND. Usage Requirements.

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Salix alba L.

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Synonyms:
Salix alba L.

	SAALC2	Salix alba L. ssp. caerulea (Sm.) Rech. f.
	SAALV2	Salix alba L. ssp. vitellina (L.) Arcang.
	SAALC	Salix alba L. var. caerulea (Sm.) Sm.
	SAALC3	Salix alba L. var. calva G. Mey.
	SAALV	Salix alba L. var. vitellina (L.) Stokes
	SAVI80	Salix vitellina L.

Distribution:
Salix alba L.


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USA (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Salix alba L.

View 2 genera in Salicaceae, 169 species in Salix

Classification:
Salix alba L.

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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 alba L. – white willow

Introduced Information:
Salix alba L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Salix alba L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW-,FACW

FACW

FACW-

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Salix alba L.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565478.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 02:06 AM MDT