PLANTS Profile for Salix purpurea (purpleosier willow)

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PLANTS Profile

Salix purpurea L.
purpleosier willow

Symbol:

SAPU2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Salicaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I


Common Names:
	purple osier
	basket willow
	purple willow

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 597. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Salix purpurea L.

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Synonyms:
Salix purpurea L.

	SAPUN3	Salix purpurea L. var. nana Dieck
	SAPUG2	Salix purpurea L. f. gracilis (Gren. & Godr.) C.K. Schneid.

Distribution:
Salix purpurea L.


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USA (CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Salix purpurea L.

View 2 genera in Salicaceae, 169 species in Salix

Classification:
Salix purpurea 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 purpurea L. – purpleosier willow

Introduced Information:
Salix purpurea L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Salix purpurea L.

Nat. Ind.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Salix purpurea 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 22574.

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

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

Time Generated: 09/17/2008 11:19 AM MDT