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Salix exigua Nutt.
narrowleaf willow
       
Symbol:   SAEX  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Salicaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Tree
Shrub 		 
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



   
Other common names:
  sandbar willow
  coyote willow
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 Photo of Salix exigua Nutt.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Salix exigua Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Salix exigua Nutt.

  SAAR18 Salix argophylla Nutt.
  SAEXA Salix exigua Nutt. var. angustissima (Andersson) Reveal & Broome
  SAEXC Salix exigua Nutt. var. columbiana Dorn
  SAEXH Salix exigua Nutt. var. hindsiana (Benth.) Dorn
  SAEXL Salix exigua Nutt. var. luteosericea (Rydb.) C.K. Schneid.
  SAEXN Salix exigua Nutt. var. nevadensis (S. Watson) C.K. Schneid.
  SAEXP Salix exigua Nutt. var. parishiana (Rowlee) Jeps.
  SAEXS Salix exigua Nutt. var. stenophylla (Rydb.) C.K. Schneid.
  SAEXV Salix exigua Nutt. var. virens Rowlee
  SAFLA Salix fluviatilis Nutt. var. argophylla (Nutt.) Sarg.
  SAHI9 Salix hindsiana Benth.
  SAHIL Salix hindsiana Benth. var. leucodendroides (Rowlee) C.R. Ball
  SAHIP3 Salix hindsiana Benth. var. parishiana (Rowlee) C.R. Ball
  SAHIT Salix hindsiana Benth. var. tenuifolia (Andersson) Andersson
  SAINA Salix interior Rowlee var. angustissima (Andersson) Dayton
  SAINL Salix interior Rowlee var. luteosericea (Rydb.) C.K. Schneid.
  SALI2 Salix linearifolia Rydb.
  SALOA3 Salix longifolia Muhl. var. argophylla (Nutt.) Andersson
  SALOE Salix longifolia Muhl. var. exigua (Nutt.) Bebb
  SALOO Salix longifolia Muhl. var. opaca Andersson
  SALU3 Salix luteosericea Rydb.
  SAMAL Salix macrostachya Nutt. var. leucodendroides Rowlee
  SAMA18 Salix malacophylla Nutt. ex C.R. Ball
  SANE6 Salix nevadensis S. Watson
  SAPA16 Salix parishiana Rowlee
  SASEH2 Salix sessilifolia Nutt. ssp. hindsiana (Benth.) Andersson
  SASEH Salix sessilifolia Nutt. var. hindsiana (Benth.) Andersson
  SASEL Salix sessilifolia Nutt. var. leucodendroides (Rowlee) C.K. Schneid.
  SAST12 Salix stenophylla Rydb.
  SATH3 Salix thurberi Rowlee
 

Distribution:
Salix exigua Nutt.

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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, IN, KS, MT, NM, NV, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Salix exigua Nutt.

View 2 genera in Salicaceae, 170 species in Salix
 

Classification:
Salix exigua Nutt.

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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 exigua Nutt. – narrowleaf willow
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Salix exigua Nutt.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
sandbar willow              Threatened
Maryland:
sandbar willow              Endangered
Massachusetts:
sandbar willow              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Salix exigua Nutt.

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
FACW,OBL OBL OBL OBL FACW+ OBL FACW+ OBL OBL OBL OBL FACW NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Salix exigua Nutt.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22529.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

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

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.
 

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Salix exigua Nutt.

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USDA FS International Institute of Tropical Forestry

USDI GS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

UT-Range Plants of Utah

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology

WA-Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (U. of Washington)

WA-Central Washington Native Plants

WI-Plants of Wisconsin

WI-Wetland Plants of Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Herbarium
 
 
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