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Strapleaf willow

Salix ligulifolia

Also called Strap Leaf Willow, Strap Leafed Willow

Strapleaf willow (Salix ligulifolia) is a western North American willow that grows as a shrub or small tree up to about 8 m tall along streams, swamps and floodplains. It thrives in consistently moist or wet soil, so provide reliable water and full sun.

Family
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, or grow it at the edge of water, and never let it dry out.
Soil
Moist, fertile loam or clay-loam; tolerates periodically wet ground.
Temperature
Hardy in cold temperate climates; protect young plants from late frosts.
How easy
Easy
Native range
W. & WC. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Salix ligulifolia is a species of willow known by the common name strapleaf willow. It is native to the western United States. It grows in moist and wet habitat, such as riverbanks, swamps, and floodplains, such as in the Sierra Nevada in California.

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 ligulifolia 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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