§1 Plant
Salix exigua Nutt.
vernacular narrowleaf willow — species · Salicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Salicaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Salix
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 363 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 20–30 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–8.5
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 10 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 10 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Spring
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 1,000,000
- Propagation
- cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 363 counties across 13 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 15 N ▾
California view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Alpine 06003
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Calaveras 06009
- Colusa 06011
- Contra Costa 06013
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Imperial 06025
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Madera 06039
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Merced 06047
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Sierra 06091
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Sutter 06101
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
- Yuba 06115
Colorado view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Arapahoe 08005
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Cheyenne 08017
- Clear Creek 08019
- Conejos 08021
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jefferson 08059
- Kit Carson 08063
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Pitkin 08097
- Prowers 08099
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Sedgwick 08115
- Summit 08117
- Teller 08119
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Idaho view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Benewah 16009
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Boundary 16021
- Butte 16023
- Camas 16025
- Canyon 16027
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Clearwater 16035
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gem 16045
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Jefferson 16051
- Jerome 16053
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lewis 16061
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Minidoka 16067
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Payette 16075
- Power 16077
- Shoshone 16079
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Granite 30039
- Jefferson 30043
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- Meagher 30059
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Roosevelt 30085
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
Nevada view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Chaves 35005
- Cibola 35006
- Colfax 35007
- De Baca 35011
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Grant 35017
- Guadalupe 35019
- Harding 35021
- Hidalgo 35023
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- Luna 35029
- McKinley 35031
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- Roosevelt 35041
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
- Valencia 35061
Oregon view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Clackamas 41005
- Columbia 41009
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Jackson 41029
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Lane 41039
- Malheur 41045
- Marion 41047
- Multnomah 41051
- Sherman 41055
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
Texas view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Bailey 48017
- Bexar 48029
- Brewster 48043
- Cameron 48061
- Castro 48069
- Collingsworth 48087
- Culberson 48109
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Dickens 48125
- Donley 48129
- Ellis 48139
- Floyd 48153
- Gray 48179
- Hall 48191
- Hansford 48195
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hutchinson 48233
- Kendall 48259
- Lamb 48279
- McLennan 48309
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Parmer 48369
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Roberts 48393
- Sherman 48421
- Terrell 48443
- Val Verde 48465
- Wheeler 48483
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Albany 56001
- Big Horn 56003
- Campbell 56005
- Carbon 56007
- Converse 56009
- Crook 56011
- Fremont 56013
- Goshen 56015
- Hot Springs 56017
- Johnson 56019
- Laramie 56021
- Lincoln 56023
- Natrona 56025
- Niobrara 56027
- Park 56029
- Platte 56031
- Sheridan 56033
- Sublette 56035
- Sweetwater 56037
- Teton 56039
- Uinta 56041
- Washakie 56043
- Weston 56045
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SAEX ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5372559 ↗Record version
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