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Barratt's willow

Salix barrattiana

Barratt's willow
Photo: calebcatto, CC BY 4.0

Barratt's willow is a low, shrubby willow native to subarctic and northwestern North America, growing to about 1.5 m and often forming dense thickets. It is a cold-hardy, moisture-loving plant best suited to cool climates and wet ground.

Family
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, especially in the growing season.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam or sandy loam; tolerates wet soil.
Temperature
Hardy to very cold winters (subarctic native); protect young plants from heat and drought.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Subarctic America to NW. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Salix barrattiana is a species of flowering plant in the willow family known by the common name Barratt's willow. It is native to North America, where it is distributed across Alaska and western Canada, with also a few populations in Montana and Wyoming. These disjunct populations are probably relics from a time when the climate was colder. The southernmost population is technically in Wyoming, but it is located at the Montana state line and it is limited to one clone of all-staminate plants within an area of 100 square meters (1,100 sq ft) in a high-elevation habitat.

This willow is a shrub reaching a maximum height near 1.5 meters (4 ft 11 in). It may form dense thickets. The stems are reddish-brown in color and the smaller branches may be purplish. The twigs are sticky with resin and have a coating of hairs.

Other Salix plants

Salix abscondita · Common Middle East Willow · Siberian Violet Willow · Salix aegyptiaca · Salix aeruginosa · Salix alatavica · Feltleaf willow · White willow · Salix alexii-skvortzovii · Salix alpina · Peachleaf willow · Salix annulifera

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salix barrattiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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