Taxon: Salix humilis Marshall

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Salix humilis var. humilis (no accessions)
• Salix humilis var. tristis (no accessions)

Common names:

• prairie willow   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• upland willow   (Source: Syst Bot M 9:102.) – English   [Salix humilis var. humilis]
  
• Prärieweide   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Krussmann)
  

More:

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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 - Manitoba [s.e.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas [e.], Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota [e.], Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

• also cultivated

References:

• Argus, G. W. 1986. The genus Salix (Salicaceae) in the southeastern United States. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 9:98.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• 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.
• Newsholme, C. 1992. Willows, the genus Salix.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Salix humilis.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Salix humilis.

Synonyms:

• Salix humilis var. microphylla (Andersson) Fernald [= Salix humilis var. tristis]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Salix tristis Aiton [≡ Salix humilis var. tristis]
  
• Salix tristis var. microphylla Andersson [= Salix humilis var. tristis]
  

Check other web resources for Salix humilis Marshall:

• 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
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Salix humilis 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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