Salix lasiandra var. caudata

(Nuttall) Sudworth

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 43. 1893.

Common names: Tail-leaf willow
Endemic
Basionym: Salix pentandra var. caudata Nuttall N. Amer. Sylv. 1: 61, plate 18. 1842
Synonyms: Salix lucida subsp. caudata (Nuttall) A. E. Murray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 48. Mentioned on page 46, 47.

Leaves: stipules foliaceous, apex rounded; petiole (1–)4–15 mm, with pairs or clusters of spherical glands distally; largest medial blade amphistomatous, lorate, very narrowly elliptic, narrowly elliptic, or narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, base convex, abaxial surface not glaucous, pilose, hairs white and ferruginous, straight or curved, (secondary veins protruding abaxially, impressed adaxially). Catkins: staminate (stout), 24–50 × 8–15 mm, flowering branchlet 3–27 mm; pistillate moderately densely flowered, slender or stout, 30–63(–70 in fruit) × 9–15 mm, flowering branchlet 10–30 mm; floral bract 2.8–4 mm. Staminate flowers: abaxial nectary (0–)0.4–0.8 mm, adaxial nectary 0.3–0.6 mm, nectaries often distinct, sometimes connate and shallowly cup-shaped. Pistillate flowers: (abaxial nectary rarely present, then nectaries distinct or connate and shallowly cup-shaped), adaxial nectary 0.2–0.5 mm; stipe 0.8–4 mm; ovules 28–30 per ovary; styles 0.2–0.6 mm. 2n = 76.


Phenology: Flowering late May-late Jun.
Habitat: Riparian thickets, openings in woods, silty, sandy to gravelly alluvium, along streams, wet meadows, lakeshores
Elevation: 30-3100 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., N.W.T., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., S.Dak., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
George W. Argus +
(Nuttall) Sudworth +
Salix pentandra var. caudata +
Tail-leaf willow +
Alta. +, B.C. +, N.W.T. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
30-3100 m +
Riparian thickets, openings in woods, silty, sandy to gravelly alluvium, along streams, wet meadows, lakeshores +
Flowering late May-late Jun. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
Salix lucida subsp. caudata +
Salix lasiandra var. caudata +
Salix lasiandra +
variety +