Characteristics
Salix purpurea L.
basket willow
Used extensively for stabilizing stream banks and widely naturalized from these planting to stream sides, wet thickets, ditches, roadsides, lake shores, rich fens, and marshes.
Tree, Shrub
Perennial
Vascular
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Not Native
Naturalized
FACW (NWPL)
FACW (NWPL EMP)
FACW (NWPL NCNE)
SNA (State Rank)
G5 (Global Rank)
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Classification
Citation
Salix purpurea L.
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Species Distribution Map
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