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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salix caprea   FAMILY Salicaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix caprea   FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Salix caprea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)

Salix caprea

 

COMMON NAME:
Goat Willow, Great Sallow


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image of Salix caprea, Goat Willow, Great Sallow

Ron Lance    rwl_salix_caprea

May    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

Leaves, likely widest of the willows, glaucous beneath, w revolute margins, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salix caprea   FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix caprea   FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salix caprea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Salix caprea

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2581

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: bogs, streambanks, 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

 

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