Salix interior Rowlee. Common name: Sandbar Willow. Phenology: Mar-mid May; Jun-Aug. Habitat: Sandbars, riverbanks, creekbanks, flood scours. Distribution: NB west to BC and AK, south to n. DE, n. VA, TN, MS, LA, TX, and NM.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Sometimes interpreted as S. exigua var. sericans (Nees) Dorn (Nesom 2002).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA7, GW2, Il, K4, Mo3, S, S13, Tat, WV; = Salix exigua Nutt. ssp. interior (Rowlee) Cronquist — GrPl, Pa, Argus (1986), Dorn (1998); = Salix exigua Nutt. var. sericans (Nees) Dorn; < Salix exigua Nutt. — NcTx, W; > Salix exigua Nutt. ssp. interior (Rowlee) Cronquist var. angustissima (Andersson) Reveal & C.R.Broome — C; > Salix interior Rowlee var. angustissima (Andersson) Dayton — Tx; > Salix interior Rowlee var. exterior Fernald — F; > Salix interior Rowlee var. interior — F, G; > Salix interior Rowlee var. pedicellata (Andersson) Ball — G, Argus (1997), Chen et al (2010); > Salix interior Rowlee var. wheeleri Rowlee — G. Basionym: Salix interior Rowlee 1900 "Urbasionym:" Salix longifolia Lam. 1778 [1779]
Links to other floras: = Salix interior - FNA7
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
- Midwest: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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