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§1 Plant

Salix sericea Marshall

vernacular silky willow — species · Salicaceae


USDA
SASE
GBIF
5372606
Rank
species
silky willow (Salix sericea)
Platephotograph · naturalist charlieCC BY 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

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 572 counties across 28 states/territories
Legend Native · 572 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

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

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-28 °F minimum
Frost-free days
165 min.
Precipitation
32–55 in/yr
pH range
5.2–7
Root depth
18 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
12 ft
Height @ 20 y
12 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Moderate
Flower colour
Green
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Spring
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Propagation
seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

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

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 572 counties across 28 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 3 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N
Illinois view state ↗ 26 N
Indiana view state ↗ 53 N
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 52 N
Maine view state ↗ 14 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N
Michigan view state ↗ 17 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N
Missouri view state ↗ 19 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N
New York view state ↗ 38 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 56 N
Ohio view state ↗ 42 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 65 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 24 N
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N
Virginia view state ↗ 46 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 34 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 8 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/SASE ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/5372606 ↗

Record version

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