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§1 Plant
Salix irrorata Andersson
vernacular dewystem 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 33 counties across 5 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -50 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 110 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–40 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Thicket Forming
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 6 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 12 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Slight
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- cuttings
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 33 counties across 5 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SAIR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5372827 ↗Record version
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