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Salix brachycarpa

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Short-fruit Willow

G5Secure Found in 6 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.154750
Element CodePDSAL020H0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderSalicales
FamilySalicaceae
GenusSalix
Other Common Names
Saule à fruits courts (FR) Short-capsuled Willow (EN) shortfruit willow (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Taxonomic Comments
FNA (vol. 7, 2010) elevates Salix brachycarpa ssp. niphoclada (= S. niphoclada) to full species and includes S. brachycarpa ssp. brachycarpa in S. brachycarpa var. brachycarpa, while Kartesz (1994) here treats them as distinct.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodPre-2010 methodology converted to 2011 data model
Review Date2013-05-14
Change Date1988-08-25
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaNNR
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaSNRYes
AlbertaS3Yes
SaskatchewanSNRYes
NunavutSNRYes
ManitobaSNRYes
QuebecSNRYes
Yukon TerritorySNRYes
Northwest TerritoriesSNRYes
OntarioSNRYes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
New MexicoSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
WyomingSNRYes
UtahSNRYes
ColoradoS4Yes
CaliforniaSNRYes
OregonS4Yes
IdahoSNRYes
MontanaS4Yes
WashingtonSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)Yes
Roadless Areas (6)
Colorado (1)
AreaForestAcres
San MiguelSan Juan NF64,263
Idaho (1)
AreaForestAcres
Borah PeakSalmon-Challis National Forest130,463
Oregon (1)
AreaForestAcres
Hurricane CreekWallowa-Whitman National Forest1,606
Wyoming (3)
AreaForestAcres
French CreekMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest5,928
Libby FlatsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest11,107
Snowy RangeMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest29,660
References (1)
  1. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.