§1 Plant
Salix lutea Nutt.
vernacular yellow willow — species · Salicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- 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
· 151 counties across 10 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
- 5.8–7.2
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 16 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 16 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Yellow-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
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- 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 151 counties across 10 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Clay 29047
- Cooper 29053
- DeKalb 29063
- Douglas 29067
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Mercer 29129
- Nodaway 29147
- Ozark 29153
- Polk 29167
- Putnam 29171
- Ray 29177
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Vernon 29217
- Worth 29227
- Wright 29229
Montana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Blaine 31009
- Brown 31017
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Dakota 31043
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Dodge 31053
- Dundy 31057
- Furnas 31065
- Garden 31069
- Hall 31079
- Holt 31089
- Howard 31093
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Nance 31125
- Platte 31141
- Richardson 31147
- Rock 31149
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sherman 31163
- Thomas 31171
- Thurston 31173
North Dakota view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sioux 38085
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Traill 38097
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SALU2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5372535 ↗Record version
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