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Salix caroliniana Michaux. Carolina Willow, Coastal Plain Willow. Phen: Mar-May; May-Jun. Hab: Riverbanks, sandbars, interdune ponds, canal banks, other wet sites. Dist: Widespread in the Southeast, S. caroliniana has a peculiar range, with three main centers of distribution, the Coastal Plain from VA south to s. FL and west to s. AL and the FL Panhandle, the Interior Low Plateau of KY, TN, and n. AL, and an area of MO, AR, e. KS, and e. OK centered on the Ozark-Ouachita Highlands.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy : = Ar, C, F, Fl2, FNA7, GrPl, GW2, Il, K1, K3, K4, NcTx, Pa, RAB, Tx, Va, WH3, WV, Argus (1986); = Salix longipes Shuttlew. ex Andersson – S13; > Salix amphibia Small – S; > Salix caroliniana Michx. var. caroliniana – G; > Salix caroliniana var. wardii A.Gray – G; > Salix harbisonii Sarg.; > Salix longipes Shuttlew. ex Andersson – S; > Salix longipes var. wardii – Tat

Links to other floras: = Salix caroliniana - FNA7

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily : 7

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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Salix caroliniana, Inland Swamp, Jekyll Island, Glynn County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷

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