Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Malpighiales > Salicaceae > Salix > Salix humilisSalix humilis (prairie willow)Synonyms: Biggina conifera (homotypic); Salix conifera; Salix flava (homotypic); Salix humilis f. curtifolia; Salix humilis f. festiva; Salix humilis f. tortifolia; Salix humilis var. angustifolia; Salix humilis var. grandifolia; Salix humilis var. hyporhysa; Salix humilis var. keweenawensis; Salix humilis var. longifolia; Salix humilis var. rigidiuscula; Salix muhlenbergiana angustifolia; Salix muhlenbergiana grandifolia; Salix muhlenbergiana var. angustifolia; Salix muhlenbergiana var. grandifolia; Salix tristis glabrata; Salix tristis var. glabrata; Salix tristis var. longifolia; Salix tristis var. monadelphia; Salix villosa (heterotypic); Usionis humilis | Bloom Period [1] | Spring | | Drought Tolerance [1] | Low | | Fire Tolerance [1] | High | | Frost Free Days [1] | 80 days | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [1] | Low | | Fruit/Seed Begin [1] | Summer | | Fruit/Seed End [1] | Summer | | Growth Form [1] | Multiple Stem | | Growth Period [1] | Spring, Summer | | Growth Rate [1] | Rapid | | Leaf Type [1] | Deciduous | | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | | Propagation [1] | Bare Root, Container, Cutting | | Root Depth [1] | 10 inches (25 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [1] | Slow | | Seed Vigor [1] | Low | | Shape/Orientation [1] | Semi-Erect | | Structure [2] | Shrub | | Vegetative Spread Rate [1] | Slow |  | | Flower Color [1] | Yellow | | Foliage Color [1] | Dark Green | | Fruit Color [1] | Brown | | | Fall Conspicuous [1] | Yes | | | Height [1] | 9.84 feet (3 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 2 Low Temperature: -50 F° (-45.6 C°) → -40 F° (-40 C°) | | Light Preference [1] | Mixed Sun/Shade | | Soil Acidity [1] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [1] | Intermediate | | Water Use [1] | High | | | Screening - Summer [1] | Dense | | Screening - Winter [1] | Moderate |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Algonquin Provincial Park |
IV |
1868802 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway |
V |
73611 |
North Carolina, Virginia, United States |
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Bruce Peninsula National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park |
II |
234333 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Catoctin Mountain Park National Park |
II |
5994 |
Maryland, United States |
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Chippewa Nature Center |
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Michigan, 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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Cumberland Gap National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
24282 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, United States |
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Forillon National Park |
II |
61010 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Fundy National Park |
II |
52716 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Georgian Bay Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, 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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Hubbard Brook Biosphere Reserve |
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7809 |
New Hampshire, United States |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
8272 |
Indiana, United States |
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Isle Royale Biosphere Reserve |
Ib |
571799 |
Michigan, United States |
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Kejimkujik National Park |
II |
94203 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Kouchibouguac National Park |
II |
59161 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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La Mauricie National Park |
II |
131706 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Lake Superior Provincial Park |
IV |
351011 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve |
II |
20461 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Prince Albert National Park |
II |
976762 |
Saskatchewan, Canada |
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Prince Edward Island National Park |
II |
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Prince Edward Island, Canada |
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Pukaskwa National Park |
II |
459860 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Richmond National Battlefield Park |
III |
1517 |
Virginia, United States |
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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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Terra Nova National Park |
IV |
125894 |
Newfoundland, Canada |
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Woodland Caribou Provincial Wilderness Park Provincial Park |
II |
1072124 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 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 ♦ 5Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA. ♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
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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