Credit: Forest & Kim Starr | Plants of Hawaii, Image 090121-1038 from http://www.hear.org/starr/plants/images/image/?q=090121-1038 | License: PD USDA NRCS

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Sandbar Willow (Salix Interior) Native Growing Regions: Alaska Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Delaware Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Jersey New York North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Dakota Tennessee Vermont Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

• Category: Dicot
• Genus: Salix
• Family: Salicaceae
• Order: Salicales
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Shrub Tree
• Native Status: L48 (N) AK (N) CAN (N)
• State T/E Status: ME (E)
• State T/E Common Name: ME (sandbar willow)
• Active Growth Period: Spring
• After Harvest Regrowth Rate: None
• Allelopath: No
• Bloat: None
• Coppice Potential: Yes
• Fall Conspicuous: No
• Fire Resistance: No
• Flower Color: Green
• Flower Conspicuous: No
• Foliage Color: Green
• Foliage Porosity Summer: Moderate
• Foliage Porosity Winter: Porous
• Foliage Texture: Medium
• Fruit/Seed Color: Brown
• Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: Yes
• Growth Form: Single Stem
• Growth Rate: Rapid
• Height at 20 Years Maximum (feet): 45
• Height Mature (feet): 30
• Leaf Retention: No
• Lifespan: Short
• Low Growing Grass: No
• Resprout Ability: Yes
• Shape and Orientation: Erect
• Toxicity: None
• Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: No
• Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: No
• Anaerobic Tolerance: Medium
• CaCO3 Tolerance: Low
• Cold Stratification Required: No
• Drought Tolerance: Low
• Fertility Requirement: Low
• Fire Tolerance: Medium
• Frost Free Days Minimum: 120
• Hedge Tolerance: Low
• pH (Minimum): 5.5
• pH (Maximum): 7.5
• Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 320
• Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 640
• Precipitation (Minimum): 24
• Precipitation (Maximum): 118
• Root Depth Minimum (inches): 36
• Salinity Tolerance: None
• Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
• Temperature Minimum (°F): -5
• Bloom Period: Early Spring
• Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
• Fruit/Seed Abundance: High
• Fruit/Seed Period End: Spring
• Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
• Propagated by Bare Root: Yes
• Propagated by Bulbs: No
• Propagated by Container: Yes
• Propagated by Corms: No
• Propagated by Cuttings: Yes
• Propagated by Seed: Yes
• Propagated by Sod: No
• Propagated by Sprigs: Yes
• Propagated by Tubers: No
• Seed Spread Rate: Rapid
• Small Grain: No
• Vegetative Spread Rate: Moderate

Sandbar Willow (Salix Interior)

Salix Interior, or more commonly know as Sandbar Willow, is a shrub tree with green foliage and green flowers of the genus Salix. It has a rapid growth rate and a height of 30 feet at maturity. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. It’s active growth period is spring, blooms during early spring and is intolerant of shade. Salix Interior or Sandbar Willow‘s floral region is North America US Lower 48 and Alaska, specifically in the states of Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Tags: Dicot, Green, Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Perennial, Rapid, Salicaceae, Salicales, Salix, Shrub Tree, Single Stem

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