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§1 Plant
Salix humilis Marshall
vernacular prairie willow — species · Salicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Salicaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Salix
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 1,000 counties across 35 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 80 min.
- Precipitation
- 20–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.9–7
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 10 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 10 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 1,000 counties across 35 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Clark 05019
- Conway 05029
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Monroe 05095
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Phillips 05107
- Polk 05113
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Scott 05127
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Brooks 13027
- Calhoun 13037
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Cobb 13067
- Colquitt 13071
- Dade 13083
- Dawson 13085
- DeKalb 13089
- Douglas 13097
- Fannin 13111
- Floyd 13115
- Gilmer 13123
- Grady 13131
- Habersham 13137
- Harris 13145
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- Murray 13213
- Pickens 13227
- Pike 13231
- Rabun 13241
- Sumter 13261
- Talbot 13263
- Thomas 13275
- Towns 13281
- Union 13291
- White 13311
Illinois view state ↗ 83 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Blackford 18009
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Decatur 18031
- Elkhart 18039
- Fayette 18041
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Hamilton 18057
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Wayne 18177
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Greenwood 20073
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- Montgomery 20125
- Neosho 20133
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Reno 20155
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Owsley 21189
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Saginaw 26145
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Benton 27009
- Cass 27021
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- McLeod 27085
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Steele 27147
- Todd 27153
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 70 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Atchison 29005
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clinton 29049
- Crawford 29055
- Dent 29065
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Randolph 29175
- Ripley 29181
- Schuyler 29197
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Worth 29227
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Genesee 36037
- Hamilton 36041
- Kings 36047
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Claiborne 47025
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Jefferson 54037
- Lewis 54041
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Tucker 54093
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
Wisconsin view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
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Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
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