Salix lucida

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Salix lucida
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Salix lucida lucida
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species:
S. lucida
Binomial name
Salix lucida
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Natural range of Salix lucida
subsp. lucida (green)
subsp. lasiandra (blue)

Salix lucida, the shining willow, Pacific willow, red willow, or whiplash willow, is a species of willow native to northern and western North America, occurring in wetland habitats. [1] [2] [3] It is the largest willow found in British Columbia. [4]

It is a deciduous large shrub or small tree growing to 4–15 metres (13–49 ft) tall. [4] The shoots are greenish-brown to grey-brown. The leaves are narrow elliptic to lanceolate, 4–17 centimetres (1+126+12 in) long and 1–3.5 cm (121+12 in) broad, glossy dark green above, usually glaucous green below, hairless or thinly hairy. The flowers are yellow catkins 1–9 cm (123+12 in) long, produced in late spring after the leaves emerge. [2] [3] [5]

The subspecies are: [1] [2] [3]

It is closely related to Salix pentandra of Europe and Asia. [6]

Male catkins of S. l. lasiandra Salix lucida lasiandra(02).jpg
Male catkins of S. l. lasiandra

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References

  1. 1 2 "Salix lucida". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Jepson Flora: Salix lucida
  3. 1 2 3 Plants of British Columbia: Salix lucida
  4. 1 2 Arno, Stephen F.; Hammerly, Ramona P. (2020) [1977]. Northwest Trees: Identifying & Understanding the Region's Native Trees (field guide ed.). Seattle: Mountaineers Books. pp. 192–193. ISBN   978-1-68051-329-5. OCLC   1141235469.
  5. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Salix lucida Archived 2007-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Bean, W. J. (1980). Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles 8th ed., vol. 4. John Murray ISBN   0-7195-2428-8.