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§1 Plant
Salix taxifolia Kunth
vernacular yewleaf willow — species · Salicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Salicaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Salix
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 13 counties across 5 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 20 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 207 min.
- Precipitation
- 11–33 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–8.5
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 40 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 50 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Gray-Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Stratify
- No
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 13 counties across 5 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SATA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5372589 ↗Record version
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