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§1 Plant

Salix humilis Marshall

vernacular prairie willow — species · Salicaceae


USDA
SAHU2
GBIF
5372870
Rank
species
prairie willow (Salix humilis)
Platephotograph · Robert WernerehlCC BY-NC-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§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
Legend Native · 1000 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 7 N
Georgia view state ↗ 33 N
Illinois view state ↗ 83 N
Indiana view state ↗ 62 N
Iowa view state ↗ 16 N
Kansas view state ↗ 32 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 50 N
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
Minnesota view state ↗ 45 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 7 N
Missouri view state ↗ 70 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 16 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N
New York view state ↗ 35 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 18 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 10 N
Ohio view state ↗ 55 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 61 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 48 N
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N
Virginia view state ↗ 66 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 29 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 60 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SAHU2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5372870 ↗

Record version

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