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not marked as a favorite taxon Salix sericea Marshall. Common name: Silky Willow. Phenology: Mar-May. Habitat: Bogs, fens, seeps, seepage swamps, peaty swamps, banks of small streams. Distribution: Newfoundland and Labrador, Québec, Michigan, Wisconsin, and se. Minnesota, south to w. North Carolina, ne. Georgia, e. Tennessee, sc. Tennessee, n. Alabama, and n. Arkansas.

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Subgenus: Vetrix. Section: Griseae.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, FNA7, G, GW2, Il, K1, K4, Mi, Mo3, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV, Argus (1986); > Salix coactilis Fernald — F; > Salix sericea Marshall — F. Basionym: Salix sericea Marshall 1785

Links to other floras: = Salix sericea - FNA7

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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image #1 of Salix sericea© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Salix sericea© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Salix sericea© Alan Cressler: Salix sericea, Rabun County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Salix sericea© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Salix sericea© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Salix sericea© Radford, Ahles and Bell | Original Image ⭷

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