Salix floridana

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Family:SALICACEAE
Species:Salix floridana Chapm.
Common Name:Florida Willow
Habitat:**
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Growth Habit:Tree
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:SAFL
Plant Notes:Florida Willow is a native deciduous tree in the Willow family (Salicaceae). It has been found in three counties in southern Alabama. Florida Willow grows in seeps, in forested wetlands, and along spring runs. It is a small tree or large shrub reaching heights of 3-20 feet. The stems, like those of most willows, are brittle. The branches are yellow-green to reddish-brown in color and sparsely pubescent. The bark on the trunk and older branches is gray in color. Leaves are petiolate, deciduous, alternate, narrowly oblong to oblong lanceolate or ovate in outline, with serrated margins. The petiole is puberulent on the upper surface. The leaves are grayish-white and pubescent on the lower surface and bright green and glabrous to sparsely pubescent on the upper surface especially along the midrib. Semi-circular stipules occur at the base of the leaves. Flowers are produced before the leaves in early spring. Florida Willow is dioecious (having separate male and female plants). Flowers are produced in short upright catkins. Male catkins are yellowish-green in color. Female catkins are green and non-showy. The fruit is a reddish-brown capsule with many small seed. The wind dispersed seed have a white cottony tuff of hairs. Florida Willow is ranked as an S1 species in Alabama (typically 5 or fewer occurrences, very few remaining individuals, making it especially vulnerable in the state) and globally as a G2 species (imperiled globally because of rarity (6 - 20 occurrences) or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors).—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW+ (NWI), S1 (State Rank), G2 (Global Rank)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilySALICACEAE - Willow family
Genus Salix
Species Salix floridana Chapm. - Florida Willow

Citation

Citation Salix floridana Chapman, Fl. South. U.S. 430. 1860.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: FLORIDA: Jackson Co.: Chipola River bottoms, near Marianna, s.d., Chapman s.n. (holotype: GH; isotype: NY).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Salix astatulana Salix astatulana Murrill & E. J. Palmer, J. Arnold Arbor. 22: 580. 1941. FLORIDA: Lake Co.: Near Astatula, 7 Mar 1941, Murrill & Watson s.n. (lectotype: A; isolectotypes: FLAS, MO, NCU, NY). Lectotypified by Argus, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 9: 61. 1986.
Salix chapmanii Salix chapmanii Small, Man. S.E. Fl. 414, 1504. 1933, nom. illegit.Salix floridana Chapman 1860. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Butler, Covington, Houston, Pike

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
ALNHS00008059 Houston 22 Mar 2023 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5949		 ALNHS
Salix floridana Chapman
ALNHS00008216 Butler 01 Mar 2023 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5962		 ALNHS
Salix floridana Chapman
UNA00056316 Covington 26 Oct 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12439		 UNA
Salix floridana Chapman
ALNHS00002641 Butler 9 May 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1345		 ALNHS
Salix floridana Chapman
TROY000008852 Houston 08 Apr 1999 MacDonald, John R.
12640		 TROY
Salix floridana Chapman
TROY000032560 Houston 01 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22020		 TROY
Salix floridana Chapman
UWAL0004985 Houston 01 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22020		 UWAL
Salix floridana Chapman
TROY000008851 Covington 26 Oct 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12439		 TROY
Salix floridana Chapman
TROY000035654 Butler 21 Sep 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23404		 TROY
Salix floridana Chapman
TROY000053468 Pike 11 Apr 2022 Diamond, Alvin R.
29856		 TROY
Salix floridana Chapm.
ALNHS00008461 Pike 06 Nov 2023 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#6237		 ALNHS
Salix floridana Chapman
ALNHS00008410 Butler 27 Sep 2023 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#6198		 ALNHS
Salix floridana Chapman
TROY000035609 Butler 16 Sep 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23380		 TROY
Salix floridana Chapman
ALNHS00008217 Butler 01 Mar 2023 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5962		 ALNHS
Salix floridana Chapman
UWAL0011503 Butler 21 Sep 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23404		 UWAL
Salix floridana Chapman
TROY000053529 Pike 05 Mar 2023 Soehren, Eric C.
727		 TROY
Salix floridana Chapm.
ALNHS00008462 Butler 09 May 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1345		 ALNHS
Salix floridana Chapman
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