- Salix floridana
Taxobox
name = "Salix floridana"
status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Malpighiales
familia =Salicaceae
genus = "Salix "
species = "S. floridana"
binomial = "Salix floridana"
binomial_authority = Chapm."Salix floridana" (Florida Willow) is a species of
willow in the familySalicaceae . It is native to the southeasternUnited States in northernFlorida and southwestern Georgia. [World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/30960/all "Salix floridana"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species] . Downloaded on23 August 2007 .] Georgia Department of Natural Resources: [http://georgiawildlife.dnr.state.ga.us/assets/documents/salifl.pdf "Salix floridana" (pdf file)] ]It is a
deciduous shrub or smalltree growing to 6 m tall. The leaves are alternate, 5–15 cm long and 2–5 cm broad, with a very finely serrated margin; they are green above, and paler below with short whitish hairs. Theflower s are produced incatkin s in early spring before the new leaves appear; it is dioecious, with male and female catkins on separate plants. The male catkins are 4–5.5 cm long; the female catkins are 5–7.5 cm long.References
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