NameThatPlant.net: Salix caroliniana

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salix caroliniana FAMILY Salicaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Carolina Willow at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix caroliniana FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Salix caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Salix caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-008:

Salix caroliniana FAMILY Salicaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Salix amphibia

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Salix longipes

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Willow, Coastal Plain Willow

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image of Salix caroliniana, Carolina Willow, Coastal Plain Willow

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_179

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salix caroliniana FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix caroliniana FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salix caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Salix caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-008:
Salix caroliniana FAMILY Salicaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salix amphibia

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salix longipes

2580

Tree
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Riverbanks, sandbars, interdune ponds, canal banks, other wet sites, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
Sepals absent
Petals absent
4-8 stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers in catkins, inflorescence usually erect

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

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