Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Malpighiales > Salicaceae > Salix glauca > Salix glauca glaucaSalix glauca glauca (silky willow)Synonyms: Oisodix glauca (homotypic); Salix albida (homotypic); Salix amandae; Salix appendiculata (heterotypic); Salix cordifolia (heterotypic); Salix elaeagnifolia (heterotypic); Salix elaeagnoides (homotypic); Salix faureana; Salix glauca var. appendiculata; Salix glauca var. glauca; Salix kobayashii; Salix macrocarpa (heterotypic); Salix melanolepis; Salix parvifolia (heterotypic); Salix pseudoglauca; Salix sericea (heterotypic); Salix sericeo-cinerea; Salix sericeo-cinerea f. lanata; Salix sericeo-cinerea var. lanata; Salix wichurae (heterotypic) | Air Quality Improvement [1] | None | | Allergen Potential [1] | High | | Carbon Capture [1] | Low | | Screening - Summer [2] | Dense | | Screening - Winter [2] | Moderate | | Shade Percentage [1] | 80 % | | Temperature Reduction [1] | Medium-Low | | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium-Low |  | | Bloom Period [2] | Mid Spring | | Drought Tolerance [2] | Low | | Fire Tolerance [2] | High | | Frost Free Days [2] | 5 months 15 days | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | Medium | | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Spring | | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Spring | | Growth Form [2] | Multiple Stem | | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | | Growth Rate [2] | Rapid | | Leaf Type [3] | Deciduous | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed | | Root Depth [2] | 18 inches (46 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Moderate | | Seed Vigor [2] | Medium | | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | | Structure [3] | Shrub | | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | | | Flower Color [2] | Green | | Foliage Color [2] | Green | | Fruit Color [2] | Brown | | | Height [1] | 32 feet (9.7 m) | | Width [1] | 28 feet (8.6 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°) | | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°) | | Light Preference [2] | Mixed Sun/Shade | | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [2] | Intermediate | | Water Use [1] | High to Moderate |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Acadia National Park |
II |
35996 |
Maine, United States |
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Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area National Recreation Area |
V |
120283 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, United States |
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Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway |
V |
73611 |
North Carolina, Virginia, United States |
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Catoctin Mountain Park National Park |
II |
5994 |
Maryland, United States |
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Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
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North Carolina, United States |
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Fundy National Park |
II |
52716 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Gettysburg National Military Park |
V |
3560 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
8272 |
Indiana, United States |
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Kejimkujik National Park |
II |
94203 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Mount Mitchell State Park |
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North Carolina, United States |
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Point Pelee National Park |
II |
5764 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Saint Lawrence Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Shenandoah National Park |
II |
108221 |
Virginia, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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