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Salix Linnaeus. Willow.

Contributed by Scott G. Ward and Alan S. Weakley

Key to Salix

A genus of about 400 species, trees, shrubs, and subshrubs, mostly north temperate and boreal.

ID notes: Most of our willow species (but not all) have lanceolate leaves that are finely serrate, and with prominent stipules at least on rapidly growing shoots.

Ref: Argus (1986); Argus (1997); Argus (2010) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2010); Belyaeva (2009); Chen et al. (2010); Dorn (1995); Dorn (1998); Marchenko & Kuzovkina (2022). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Salix alba | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Salix discolor | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Salix serissima | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Salix eriocephala | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Salix nigra | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Salix humilis | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Salix sericea, Rabun County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler | Salix sericea source | Original Image ⭷