Taxon: Salix discolor Muhl.

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Common names:

• American pussy willow   (Source: Willows ) – English
  
• glaucous willow   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• pussy willow   (Source: Syst Bot M 9:94.1986) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Krussmann; Willows)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa [n.], Minnesota, Missouri [n.e.], North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho, Montana, Wyoming [n.e.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Delaware [n.], Kentucky [n.-c.], Maryland

• also cultivated

References:

• Argus, G. W. 1986. The genus Salix (Salicaceae) in the southeastern United States. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 9:94.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Newsholme, C. 1992. Willows, the genus Salix.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Salix discolor.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Salix discolor.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Salix discolor.

Check other web resources for Salix discolor Muhl.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Salix discolor cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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