Salix lucida
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Salix lucida, the shining willow, Pacific willow, red 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 the largest willow found in British Columbia.[4]
It is a deciduous large shrub or small tree growing to Script error: No such module "convert". tall.[4] The shoots are greenish-brown to grey-brown. The leaves are narrow elliptic to lanceolate, Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". broad, glossy dark green above, usually glaucous green below, hairless or thinly hairy. The flowers are yellow catkins Script error: No such module "convert". long, produced in late spring after the leaves emerge.[2][3][5]
The subspecies are:[1][2][3]
- S. l. lucidaTemplate:Sndshining willow, Newfoundland west to eastern Saskatchewan, and south to Maryland and South Dakota
- S. l. lasiandra (Benth.) E.Murray (syn. S. lasiandra Benth.)Template:SndPacific willow, Alaska east to Northwest Territory, and south to California and New Mexico.
- S. l. caudata (Nutt.) E.MurrayTemplate:Sndwhiplash willow, interior western North America from eastern British Columbia south to eastern California and Nevada, included in S. l. lasiandra by some authors.
It is closely related to Salix pentandra of Europe and Asia.[6]
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References
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- ↑ a b c Plants of British Columbia: Salix lucida
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- ↑ Bean, W. J. (1980). Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles 8th ed., vol. 4. John Murray Template:ISBN.
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- Salix
- Flora of California
- Flora of the Western United States
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Taxa named by Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status