Distribution: Southwestern North America: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah
Size: 2 - 3 (m)
Flowering period: III - V
Salix irrorata Andersson - Accepted: Salix irrorata Andersson bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Salicaceae (APG III)
Flowers
dioecious; male (staminate) and female (pistillate) flowers in catkins
Flower ecology
animal-pollinated (zoophilous)
Life form
shrub
Leaves
oblanceolate, alternate
Foliage persistence
deciduous
Fruits
white capsule fruit
Fruit ecology
wind-dispersed (anemochorous)
Soil conditions
preferentially on fresh to moist soils
Natural occurrence (habitat)
along flowing water, riparian habitats
Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
in shrub communities with peachleaf willow (Salix amygdaloides) and yellow willow (Salix lutea)
Bark
with whitish powdery covering (pruinose)
Global Trees Campaign (2017): Georgia oak, Quercus georgiana. Fauna & Flora International and Botanic Gardens Conservation International. See: http://globaltrees.org/threatened-trees/trees/quercus-georgiana/;
The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org;
Taxonomic update: Database method on: 13.1.2021 Update of the description: Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 15.5.2019
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