Salix lucida Muhl. - Accepted: Salix lucida Muhl. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Salicaceae (APG III)

Flowers

dioecious; male (staminate) and female (pistillate) flowers in catkins

Life form

small tree or shrub

Leaves

lanceolate, 5-13 cm long

Foliage persistence

deciduous

Fruits

glabrous capsule fruit, seeds with cottony hairs

Fruit ecology

wind-dispersed (anemochorous) and water-dispersed (hydrochorous)

Soil conditions

on moist to wet silt, sand, gravel or alluvial soils

Natural occurrence (habitat)

riparian forests, riparian mixed shrublands, riverbanks, gravelbars, sandbars, backwater sloughs, coniferous forests

Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)

temperate to boreal forests; in communities with black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa), balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera), thinleaf alder (Alnus incana), boxelder (Acer negundo), other willow species, sometimes Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), in boreal areas (taiga) also with quaking aspen (Populus tremula)

Natural propagation (all types)

vegetative reproduction by root crown sprouting

Comments

seeds are nondormant

Usage

stems (branches) were formerly used for fuelwood, basketry, building material, and as fish weir

Bark

thin and smooth

Altidudinal lower limit (sea level in m)

0

Altitudinal higher limit (sea level in m)

3,100

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Fryer, J. (2015): Salix lucida, shining willow. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). See: https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/salluc/all.html;

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;