PLANTS Profile for Salix sericea (silky willow)

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Salix sericea Marshall
silky willow

Symbol:

SASE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Salicaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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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 sericea Marshall

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Synonyms:
Salix sericea Marshall

	SACO22	Salix coactilis Fernald
	SAGR14	Salix grisea Willd.
	SAPE21	Salix pensylvanica Forbes
	SAPEG2	Salix petiolaris Sm. var. grisea (Willd.) Torr.
	SAPES2	Salix petiolaris Sm. var. sericea (Marshall) Andersson

Distribution:
Salix sericea Marshall


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, QC)

Related Taxa:
Salix sericea Marshall

View 2 genera in Salicaceae, 170 species in Salix

Classification:
Salix sericea 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 sericea Marshall – silky willow

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Salix sericea Marshall

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.

Arkansas:
silky willow		Endangered

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Salix sericea Marshall

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22496.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 04:50 AM CST