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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Salix occidentalis
FAMILY
Salicaceae
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Read more about Dwarf Upland Willow at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix humilis var. tristis
FAMILY
Salicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-003?:
Salix humilis
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Salix tristis
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Upland Willow, Sage Willow
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_satr2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Salix occidentalis
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix humilis var. tristis
FAMILY
Salicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-003?:
Salix humilis
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Salix tristis
3701
Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA)
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
2 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
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