Jump to content

User:Oceanflynn/sandbox/Salix lucida lasiandra

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oceanflynn/sandbox/Salix lucida lasiandra
Male catkins of Salix lucida lasiandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
(unranked):
(unranked):
(unranked):
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
S. lucida
Subspecies:
var. lasiandra
Binomial name
Salix lucida lasiandra
Natural range of Salix lucida
subsp. lucida (green)
subsp. lasiandra (blue)

Salix lucida lasiandra Pacific willow, is a subspecies of willow native to northern and western North America, occurring in wetland habitats.[1][2][3] Salix lasiandra, Salix lucida var. macrophylla S. l. lasiandra (Benth.) E.Murray (syn. S. lasiandra Benth.) - Pacific willow, Alaska east to Northwest Territory, and south to California and New Mexico


It is a deciduous large shrub or small tree growing to 4–11 m (13–36 ft) tall. The shoots are greenish-brown to grey-brown. The leaves are narrow elliptic to lanceolate, 4–17 cm long and 1-3.5 cm broad, glossy dark green above, usually glaucous green below, hairless or thinly hairy. The flowers are yellow catkins 1–9 cm long, produced in late spring after the leaves emerge.[2][3][4]

The subspecies are:[1][2][3]

  • S. l. caudata (Nutt.) E.Murray - whiplash willow, interior western North America from eastern British Columbia south to eastern California and Nevada, included in S. l. lasiandra by some authors.


References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Germplasm Resources Information Network: Salix lucida
  2. ^ a b c Jepson Flora: Salix lucida
  3. ^ a b c Plants of British Columbia: Salix lucida
  4. ^ Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Salix lucida

Category:Salix|lucida]] Category:Flora of Alberta]]