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Salix melanopsis Nutt.
dusky willow

       
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Salix melanopsis Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Salix melanopsis Nutt.

  SABO5 Salix bolanderiana Rowlee
  SAEXM Salix exigua Nutt. ssp. melanopsis (Nutt.) Cronquist
  SAEXG Salix exigua Nutt. var. gracilipes (C.R. Ball) Cronquist
  SAEXT Salix exigua Nutt. var. tenerrima (L.F. Hend.) C.K. Schneid.
  SAFL14 Salix fluviatilis auct. non Nutt.
  SAFLT Salix fluviatilis Nutt. var. tenerrima (L.F. Hend.) Howell
  SALOT Salix longifolia Muhl. var. tenerrima L.F. Hend.
  SAMEB Salix melanopsis Nutt. var. bolanderiana (Rowlee) C.K. Schneid.
  SAMEG Salix melanopsis Nutt. var. gracilipes C.R. Ball
  SAMEK Salix melanopsis Nutt. var. kronkheittii L. Kelso
  SAMET Salix melanopsis Nutt. var. tenerrima (L.F. Hend.) C.R. Ball
  SAPA4 Salix parksiana C.R. Ball
  SASEV Salix sessilifolia Nutt. var. vancouverensis Brayshaw
  SATE7 Salix tenerrima (L.F. Hend.) A. Heller
 

Distribution:
Salix melanopsis Nutt.

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USA (CA, CO, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)
 

Related Taxa:
Salix melanopsis Nutt.

View 2 genera in Salicaceae, 170 species in Salix
 

Classification:
Salix melanopsis 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 melanopsis Nutt. – dusky 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 melanopsis 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,FACW+ NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACW+ OBL* FACW NO NO NO

Salix fluviatilis:

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
OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO OBL NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Salix melanopsis Nutt.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22556.

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

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 
 
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