Salix lucida Muhl.
Detail
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Botanical Name
- Salix lucida Muhl.
- Common Name
- Shining Willow
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Salix lucida Muhl.
- Comments
- Collected in 1942 by Carroll E. Wood and subsequently reported as native by Massey and Ball (1944; The Willows of Virginia). A reassessment by Salix expert George Argus in 1981 was published in Syst. Monogr. (1986) indicating that the population, albeit large (1.1 km long section along Bottom Creek), consists entirely of a "pistillate clone" that flowers profusely but does not bear seed." A nearby resident said the former landowner "introduced many plants and may have introduced this species as well." Hence, he considered the species a probable introduction.
- Habitat
- In a shrubby, montane alluvial bottom. Rare, mountains; recorded only from Roanoke County.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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