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Salix laevigata
© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California
Salix laevigata
© 2010 Neal Kramer
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Salix laevigata  Bebb
Polished Willow, red willow
Salix laevigata, a dicot, is a tree that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.
Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, (many plant communities), wetland-riparian
Habitat: streambanks [Walker]
Wetlands:Usually occurs in wetlands, but occasionally found in non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation: between 0 and 5000 feet
Family: SALICACEAE  
Related:See a list of other species in the genus Salix found in California.
Name Status:
Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93
Other Names:
PLANTS: Salix congesta
PLANTS: Salix laevigata var. angustifolia
PLANTS: Salix laevigata var. araquipa
PLANTS: Salix laevigata var. congesta
TJM2 + PLANTS: Salix bonplandiana var. laevigata




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Distribution by County: See a detailed   Distribution Grid  of this plant in California.
A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH.   Click county name to view records.
    CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
 Information about  Salix laevigata  from other sources:
Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images

website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (SALA3)

Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX

2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley

Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database

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    Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, based on data contributed by dozens of public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of Calif. Herbaria. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: May 19, 2013).

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