Taxon: Salix sitchensis C. A. Sanson ex Bong.

Common names:

• Sitka willow   (Source: Trees US )
  
• velvet willow   (Source: Websters Dict )
  

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: potential gene source for biomass energy plants   (fide V. Pohjonen, Acta Forest. Fenn. 221:22-23. 1991)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Soviet Far East: Russian Federation - Far East [Okhotsk]
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Subarctic America: United States - Alaska [s. & s.e.]
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho [n.], Montana [n.w.], Oregon, Washington
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [n. & c.], Nevada [w.]

References:

• Argus, G. W. 1973. The genus Salix in Alaska and the Yukon. 191. [lists as S. sitchensis C. A. Sanson].
• Argus, G. W. 1997. Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of California Salix. Madroño 44:131.
• Dorn, R. D. 1977. Willows of the Rocky Mountain states. Rhodora 79:427. [lists as S. sitchensis C. A. Sanson ex Bong.].
• Dorn, R. D. 2000. A taxonomic study of Salix sections Mexicanae and Viminella subsection Sitchenses in North America. Brittonia 52:5.
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep) [lists as S. sitchensis Bong.].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [lists as S. sitchensis C. A. Sanson ex Bong.].
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2) [lists as S. sitchensis C. A. Sanson ex Bong.].
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR) [= S. sitchensis Sanson ex Bong.].
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). (Krussmann) [lists as S. sitchensis Bong.].
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US) [= S. sitchensis Sanson ex Bong.].
• Moss, E. H. & J. G. Packer. 1983. Flora of Alberta, ed. 2. (F Alberta) [lists as S. sitchensis C. A. Sanson ex Bong.].
• Pohjonen, V. 1991. Acta Forest. Fenn. 221:22.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Salix sitchensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Salix sitchensis. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Salix sitchensis C. A. Sanson ex Bong.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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