Salix lucida

Salix lucida
Salix lucida lucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species: S. lucida
Binomial name
Salix lucida
Muhl.
Natural range of Salix lucida
subsp. lucida (green)
subsp. lasiandra (blue)

Salix lucida, the shining willow, Pacific willow, or whiplash willow, is a species of willow native to northern and western North America, occurring in wetland habitats.[1][2][3]

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]

It is closely related to Salix pentandra of Europe and Asia.[5]

Male catkins of S. l. lasiandra

References

  1. 1 2 Germplasm Resources Information Network: Salix lucida
  2. 1 2 3 Jepson Flora: Salix lucida
  3. 1 2 3 Plants of British Columbia: Salix lucida
  4. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Salix lucida
  5. Bean, W. J. (1980). Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles 8th ed., vol. 4. John Murray ISBN 0-7195-2428-8.
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