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§1 Plant
Salix pyrifolia Andersson
vernacular balsam 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
· 51 counties across 5 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 51 counties across 5 states/territories.
Michigan view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Carlton 27017
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Douglas 27041
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Morrison 27097
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Ramsey 27123
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
New York view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SAPY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5372764 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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