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Salix humilis Marshall
prairie willow

       
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Photo of Salix humilis Marshall
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Salix humilis Marshall

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Distribution:
Salix humilis Marshall

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

Related Taxa:
Salix humilis Marshall

View 2 genera in Salicaceae, 170 species in Salix or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Salix humilis Marshall var. humilis. .
Salix humilis var. humilis
prairie willow
Distribution of Salix humilis Marshall var. tristis (Aiton) Griggs. . Image Available.
Salix humilis var. tristis
prairie willow
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Salix humilis Marshall

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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 humilis Marshall – prairie willow
 

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 humilis Marshall

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
FACU FACU FACU FACU FACU FACU FACU NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Salix humilis Marshall

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 22546.

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

 

Related Web Sites:
Salix humilis Marshall

BorealForest.Org

IL-Illinois Natural History Survey

OK-Oklahoma Biological Survey

USDI GS NPWRC-Aquatic and Wetland Vascular Plants of the Northern Great Plains

USDI NPS Chesapeake Bay Watershed Natives

WI-University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (Freckmann Herbarium)

 
 
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