Taxon: Salix sitchensis C. A. Sanson ex Bong.

Common names:

• Sitka willow   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  
• velvet willow   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: potential gene source for biomass energy plants   (fide V. Pohjonen, Acta FFen 221:22-23. 1991)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East [Okhotsk]
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: United States - Alaska [s. & s.e.]
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho [n.], Montana [n.w.], Oregon, Washington
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [n. & c.], Nevada [w.]

References:

• Argus, G. W. 1973. The genus Salix in Alaska and the Yukon. Publ. Bot. (Ottawa) 2:190–192. [lists as S. sitchensis C. A. Sanson].
• Argus, G. W. 1997. Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of California Salix. Madroño 44:131.
• Dorn, R. D. 1977. Willows of the Rocky Mountain states. Rhodora 79:427. [lists as S. sitchensis C. A. Sanson ex Bong.].
• Dorn, R. D. 2000. A taxonomic study of Salix sections Mexicanae and Viminella subsection Sitchenses in North America. Brittonia 52:5.
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. [lists as S. sitchensis Bong.].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. [lists as S. sitchensis C. A. Sanson ex Bong.].
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. [lists as S. sitchensis C. A. Sanson ex Bong.].
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. [= S. sitchensis Sanson ex Bong.].
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). [lists as S. sitchensis Bong.].
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. [= S. sitchensis Sanson ex Bong.].
• Moss, E. H. & J. G. Packer. 1983. Flora of Alberta, ed. 2. [lists as S. sitchensis C. A. Sanson ex Bong.].
• Pohjonen, V. 1991. Selection of species and clones for biomass willow forestry in Finland. Acta Forest. Fenn. 221:22.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Salix sitchensis.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Salix sitchensis.

Check other web resources for Salix sitchensis C. A. Sanson ex Bong.:

• 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
• 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.

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