Salix purpurea

Characteristics
Salicaceae
Salix
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
Eudicots
Malpighiales
Salix
Salix purpurea L. - basket willow
Citation
Salix purpurea L.
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Species Distribution Map

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Plant Photos
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 09 Aug 2005 - 1
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 09 Aug 2005 - Andrew Nelson View Full Size
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 09 Aug 2005 - 1
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 09 Aug 2005 - Andrew Nelson View Full Size
Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 27 Feb 2012 - 1
Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 27 Feb 2012 - Andrew Nelson View Full Size