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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salix cinerea
FAMILY
Salicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
The group of S. cinerea-atrocinerea-caprea are not always clean-cut to ID to species. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix cinerea
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salix cinerea
SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Salix cinerea ssp. cinerea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Salix cinerea
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-005:
Salix cinerea FAMILY Salicaceae
COMMON NAME:
European Gray Willow
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salix cinerea
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix cinerea
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salix cinerea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Salix cinerea ssp. cinerea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Salix cinerea
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-005:
Salix cinerea
FAMILY
Salicaceae
1298
Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: Streambanks, floodplains, bogs, other wet disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Sepals absent
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers in catkins, inflorescence usually erect
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007) p122
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p054
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p36
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p314
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