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§1 Plant

Salix monticola Bebb

vernacular park willow — species · Salicaceae


USDA
SAMO2
GBIF
5372897
Rank
species
park willow (Salix monticola)
Platephotograph · Sogning source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Salicaceae Mirb.
Genus
Salix
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 41 counties across 3 states/territories
Legend Native · 41 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
High
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
88 min.
Precipitation
8–18 in/yr
pH range
5–7
Root depth
36 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Thicket Forming
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
12 ft
Height @ 20 y
18 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
Yes
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Rapid
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
2,500,000
Propagation
seed, cuttings, container, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Fuelwood
High
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 41 counties across 3 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/SAMO2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/5372897 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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