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§1 Plant

Salix orestera C.K. Schneid.

vernacular Sierra willow — species · Salicaceae

USDA: SAOR
GBIF: 5372804
Rank: species

Sierra willow (Salix orestera) — Platephotograph · 2010 Barry BrecklingCC BY-NC-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & 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

· 37 counties across 4 states/territories

Legend Native · 37 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: Low
Shade: High
Moisture use: High
Fire: High
Salinity: None
Anaerobic: Medium
CaCO₃: Low
Hedging: None

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: -23 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 80 min.
Precipitation: 10–24 in/yr
pH range: 5.8–7.4
Root depth: 12 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: Fine
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Moderate
Porosity (winter): Porous
Flower colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Green
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Mid Spring
Seed abundance: Low
Seed begins: Spring
Seed ends: Summer
Spread rate: None
Stratify: No
Propagation: cuttings, bare root, container

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: No Known Source
Nursery stock: No
Browse palatability: Medium
Graze palatability: Low
Palatable, human: No
Lumber: No
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 37 counties across 4 states/territories.

California view state ↗ 17 N ▾

Colorado view state ↗ 13 N ▾

Nevada view state ↗ 4 N ▾

Oregon view state ↗ 3 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/SAOR ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/5372804 ↗

Record version

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