Salix discolor: Difference between revisions

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Salix discolor subsp. var.

Pussy Willow, American Pussy Willow, American Willow

Habit:		tree
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Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈
Poisonous:	☠
Bloom:	❀	early spring, mid spring, late spring, early winter, mid winter, late winter

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USDA Zones:		2 to 9
Sunset Zones:		1-24, 30-45
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Salicaceae >

Salix

discolor

var.

, Muhl.

Salix discolor (American Willow^[1]) is a species of willow native to North America, one of two species commonly called Pussy Willow.

It is native to the northern forests and wetlands of Canada (British Columbia east to Newfoundland) and the northeastern contiguous United States (Idaho south to Wyoming, and east to Maine and Maryland).^[1]^[2]^[3]

It is a weak-wooded deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 6 m tall, with brown shoots. The leaves are oval, 3–14 cm long and 1-3.5 cm broad, green above and downy grey-white beneath.

The flowers are soft silky silvery catkins, borne in early spring before the new leaves appear, with the male and female catkins on different plants (dioecious); the male catkins mature yellow at pollen release.

The fruit is a small capsule 7–12 mm long containing numerous minute seeds embedded in cottony down.^[2]^[3]

As with the closely related Salix caprea (European Pussy Willow), it is also often grown for cut flowers. See Pussy Willow for further cultural information and other uses.

[hide]Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Salix discolor. Pussy Willow. A shrub or short-trunked tree, 10-20 ft. high: buds very large and nearly black: lvs. smooth and bright green above, whitish beneath, irregularly crenate-serrate: aments appear early in spring, before the lvs., closely sessile, enveloped in long, silky hairs. E. N. Amer.—Worthy of more extended cult. and thriving in dry ground. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

↑ ^{Jump up to: 1.0} ^1.1 Germplasm Resources Information Network: Salix discolor
↑ ^{Jump up to: 2.0} ^2.1 Plants of British Columbia: Salix discolor
↑ ^{Jump up to: 3.0} ^3.1 Borealforests: Salix discolor

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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[grin-1] {Jump up to: 1.0} ^1.1 Germplasm Resources Information Network: Salix discolor

[bc-2] {Jump up to: 2.0} ^2.1 Plants of British Columbia: Salix discolor

[boreal-3] {Jump up to: 3.0} ^3.1 Borealforests: Salix discolor

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 It is native to the northern forests and wetlands of [[Canada]] ([[British Columbia]] east to [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]]) and the northeastern contiguous [[United States]] ([[Idaho]] south to [[Wyoming]], and east to [[Maine]] and [[Maryland]]).<ref name=grin/><ref name=bc>Plants of British Columbia: [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Salix+discolor ''Salix discolor'']</ref><ref name=boreal>Borealforests: [http://www.borealforest.org/shrubs/shrub44.htm ''Salix discolor'']</ref>
-It is a weak-wooded [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] growing to 6 m tall, with brown shoots. The [[leaf|leaves]] are oval, 3–14&nbsp;cm long and 1-3.5&nbsp;cm broad, green above and downy grey-white beneath.
+It is a weak-wooded [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] growing to 6 m tall, with brown shoots. The [[leaf|leaves]] are oval, 3–14 cm long and 1-3.5 cm broad, green above and downy grey-white beneath.
 The [[flower]]s are soft silky silvery [[catkin]]s, borne in early spring before the new leaves appear, with the male and female catkins on different plants ([[plant sexuality|dioecious]]); the male catkins mature yellow at [[pollen]] release.
-The [[fruit]] is a small [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] 7–12&nbsp;mm long containing numerous minute seeds embedded in cottony down.<ref name=bc/><ref name=boreal/>
+The [[fruit]] is a small [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] 7–12 mm long containing numerous minute seeds embedded in cottony down.<ref name=bc/><ref name=boreal/>
 As with the closely related ''[[Salix caprea]]'' (European Pussy Willow), it is also often grown for cut flowers. See [[Pussy Willow]] for further cultural information and other uses.