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Taxon: Salix exigua Nutt.

Genus: Salix
Family: Salicaceae.
Nomen number: 313877
Place of publication: N. Amer. Sylv. 1:75. 1842
Name verified on: 01-Aug-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Aug-1994
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 9 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • coyote willow   (Source: F GPlains ) – English   [Salix exigua subsp. exigua]
  • coyote willow   (Source: Willows ) – English
  • narrow-leaf willow   (Source: F CalifJep ) – English
  • sandbar willow   (Source: F GPlains ) – English   [Salix exigua subsp. interior]
  • sandbar willow   (Source: Syst Bot M 9:85.) – English
  • coyotevide   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

  • Environmental: erosion control   (fide F CalifJep)
  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Willows)
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Subarctic America: United States - Alaska
    Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec [s.]
    Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan [s.]
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas, Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia [w.]
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
    Mexico [n.]

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
  • Argus, G. W. 1986. The genus Salix (Salicaceae) in the southeastern United States. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 9:85.
  • Argus, G. W. 1997. Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of California Salix. Madroño 44:119.
  • Dorn, R. D. 1977. Willows of the Rocky Mountain states. Rhodora 79:407.
  • Dorn, R. D. 1998. A taxonomic study of Salix section Longifoliae (Salicaceae). Brittonia 50:198.
  • 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.
  • Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
  • Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
  • 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.
  • Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
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Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Salix exigua Nutt.:

  • 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 exigua 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.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images 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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