PLANTS Profile for Salix nigra (black willow)

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PLANTS Profile

Salix nigra Marsh.
black willow

Symbol:

SANI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Salicaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Salix nigra Marsh.

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Synonyms:
Salix nigra Marsh.

	SAAM9	Salix ambigua Pursh, non Ehrh.
	SADE8	Salix denudata Raf.
	SADU2	Salix dubia Trautv.
	SAFA7	Salix falcata Pursh
	SAFL12	Salix flavovirens Hornem.
	SALI4	Salix ligustrina Michx. f.
	SALU4	Salix ludoviciana Raf.
	SANIA2	Salix nigra Marsh. var. altissima Sarg.
	SANIB	Salix nigra Marsh. var. brevifolia Andersson
	SANIB2	Salix nigra Marsh. var. brevijulis Andersson
	SANIF2	Salix nigra Marsh. var. falcata (Pursh) Torr.
	SANIL2	Salix nigra Marsh. var. lindheimeri C.K. Schneid.
	SANIL3	Salix nigra Marsh. var. longifolia Andersson
	SANIM2	Salix nigra Marsh. var. marginata (Wimm. ex Andersson) Andersson
	SAPU9	Salix purshiana Spreng.

Distribution:
Salix nigra Marsh.


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USA (AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Salix nigra Marsh.

View 2 genera in Salicaceae, 169 species in Salix

Classification:
Salix nigra Marsh.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Salicales
Family	Salicaceae – Willow family
Genus	Salix L. – willow
Species	Salix nigra Marsh. – black willow

Wetland Indicator Status:
Salix nigra Marsh.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,OBL

FACW+

OBL

FACW+

UPL

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Salix nigra Marsh.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22484.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Salix nigra Marsh.

Silvics of North America

Time Generated: 11/23/2009 04:38 PM MST