Salix exigua | |
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Leaves and staminate flower | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Salicaceae |
Genus: | Salix |
Species: | S. exigua
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Binomial name | |
Salix exigua | |
Natural range of Salix exigua S.e.exigua: green, S.e.hindsiana: blue, S.e.interior: red |
Salix exigua (sandbar willow, narrowleaf willow, or coyote willow; syn. S. argophylla, S. hindsiana, S. interior, S. linearifolia, S. luteosericea, S. malacophylla, S. nevadensis, and S. parishiana) is a species of willow native to most of North America except for the southeast and far north, occurring from Alaska east to New Brunswick, and south to northern Mexico.[2] It is considered a threatened species in Massachusetts while in Connecticut, Maryland, and New Hampshire it is considered endangered.[3]