Salix discolor Muhl.

Locations ofSalix discolor Muhl. in Virginia

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Family
Salicaceae
Botanical Name
Salix discolor Muhl.
Common Name
Pussy Willow
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Salix discolor Muhl.
Comments
Known from just a single station in Virginia, a calcareous spring marsh in Augusta Co. Found by G. P. Fleming & C. E. Stevens in 1992 and reported as new to Virginia in Castanea 61:93-94 (1996). This northern shrub willow is also frequently planted for ornament, but is not known to escape here.
Habitat
Edges of a calcareous fen and spring marsh. Rare, mountains; known only from one site, in the Ridge and Valley region of Augusta County.
Native Status
Native

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