Calflora: Salix exigua

Salix exigua Nutt.

Narrow leaved willow, Narrowleaf willow, Sandbar willow

Salix exigua, a dicot, is a tree or shrub that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Observation Hotline
(observation details + photos)

point, line, or polygon

Plant Characteristics
and Associations

Bloom Period

Communities:	Sagebrush Scrub, Shadscale Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland, (many plant communities), wetland-riparian
Wetlands:	Usually occurs in wetlands, but occasionally found in non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Alternate Names:
(according to)

PLANTS:	Salix argophylla
PLANTS:	Salix interior var. luteosericea
PLANTS:	Salix linearifolia
PLANTS:	Salix longifolia var. argophylla
PLANTS:	Salix longifolia var. exigua
PLANTS:	Salix longifolia var. opaca
PLANTS:	Salix luteosericea
PLANTS:	Salix macrostachya var. leucodendroides
PLANTS:	Salix malacophylla
PLANTS:	Salix nevadensis
PLANTS:	Salix parishiana
PLANTS:	Salix sessilifolia ssp. hindsiana
PLANTS:	Salix sessilifolia var. hindsiana
PLANTS:	Salix sessilifolia var. leucodendroides
PLANTS:	Salix stenophylla
PLANTS:	Salix interior var. angustissima
PLANTS:	Salix hindsiana
PLANTS:	Salix columbiana
PLANTS:	Salix exigua var. angustissima
PLANTS:	Salix exigua var. columbiana
PLANTS:	Salix exigua var. hindsiana
PLANTS:	Salix exigua var. luteosericea
PLANTS:	Salix exigua var. nevadensis
PLANTS:	Salix exigua var. parishiana
PLANTS:	Salix exigua var. stenophylla
PLANTS:	Salix exigua var. virens
PLANTS:	Salix fluviatilis var. argophylla
PLANTS:	Salix hindsiana var. leucodendroides
PLANTS:	Salix hindsiana var. parishiana
PLANTS:	Salix hindsiana var. tenuifolia
PLANTS:	Salix thurberi
XWALK:	Salix hindsiana var. hindsiana

More information about Salix exigua

Location Suitability

Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX
This plant is available commercially.

Landscaping information from Calscape

Photos on CalPhotos / Google Images

Search the International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation,
with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria.
[web application]. 2017. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jul 14, 2017).

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