Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Salix caprea
FAMILY
Salicaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Goat Willow at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix caprea
FAMILY
Salicaceae
COMMON NAME:
Goat Willow, Great Sallow
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Ron Lance rwl_salix_caprea
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Leaves, likely widest of the willows, glaucous beneath, w revolute margins, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Salix caprea
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix caprea
FAMILY
Salicaceae
2581
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious
Non-native: Eurasia
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
Sepals absent
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Flowers in catkins, inflorescence usually erect
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control p122
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p266
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p313