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§1 Plant
Salix petrophila Rydb.
vernacular alpine willow — species · Salicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- 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
· 66 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 66 counties across 10 states/territories.
California view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Costilla 08023
- Dolores 08033
- Eagle 08037
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Hinsdale 08053
- Jackson 08057
- La Plata 08067
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Mineral 08079
- Ouray 08091
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Summit 08117
Idaho view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SAPE18 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5372756 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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