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'''''Salix lucida''''' ('''Shining Willow''', '''Pacific Willow''', or '''Whiplash Willow''') is a species of [[willow]] native to northern and western [[North America]], occurring in [[wetland]] habitats.<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316020 ''Salix lucida'']</ref><ref name=jeps>Jepson Flora: [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Salix+lucida ''Salix lucida'']</ref><ref name=bc>Plants of British Columbia: [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Salix+lucida ''Salix lucida'']</ref>
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It is a [[deciduous]] large [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] growing to 4–11 m tall. The shoots are greenish-brown to grey-brown. The [[leaf|leaves]] are narrow elliptic to lanceolate, 4–17 cm long and 1-3.5 cm broad, glossy dark green above, usually glaucous green below, hairless or thinly hairy. The [[flower]]s are yellow [[catkin]]s 1–9 cm long, produced in late spring after the leaves emerge.<ref name=jeps/><ref name=bc/><ref name=npwrc>Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: [http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/plants/vascplnt/species/sluc.htm ''Salix lucida'']</ref> <br clear=left>
  
 
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Salix lucida, Muhl. Shrub or low bushy tree, 6-15 ft. high: branches yellowish brown and highly polished: buds large, flattened, and recurved at the apex: lvs. large, broadly lanceolate-acuminate, serrate, dark green, shining above: aments large, appearing with the lvs.; scale pale green, deciduous; stamens 4-5; ovary pedicelled, rather obtuse, glabrous. E. N. Amer.—A beautiful plant, deserving of more extensive cult.
 
Salix lucida, Muhl. Shrub or low bushy tree, 6-15 ft. high: branches yellowish brown and highly polished: buds large, flattened, and recurved at the apex: lvs. large, broadly lanceolate-acuminate, serrate, dark green, shining above: aments large, appearing with the lvs.; scale pale green, deciduous; stamens 4-5; ovary pedicelled, rather obtuse, glabrous. E. N. Amer.—A beautiful plant, deserving of more extensive cult.
 
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There are two or three [[subspecies]]:<ref name=grin/><ref name=jeps/><ref name=bc/>
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*''Salix lucida'' subsp. ''lucida''. '''Shining Willow'''. [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] west to eastern [[Saskatchewan]], and south to [[Maryland]] and [[South Dakota]].
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*''Salix lucida'' subsp. ''lasiandra'' (Benth.) E.Murray (syn. ''S. lasiandra'' Benth.). '''Pacific Willow'''. [[Alaska]] east to [[Northwest Territory]], and south to [[California]] and [[New Mexico]].
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*''Salix lucida'' subsp. ''caudata'' (Nutt.) E.Murray. '''Whiplash Willow'''. Interior western North America from eastern British Columbia south to eastern California and Nevada. Included in subsp. ''lasiandra'' by some authors.
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It is closely related to ''[[Salix pentandra]]'' of Europe and Asia.<ref name=bean4>Bean, W. J. (1980). ''Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles'' 8th ed., vol. 4. John Murray ISBN 0-7195-2428-8.</ref>
  
 
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Salix lucida(01).jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: ⇕ 25 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 25.
Width: ⇔ 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Water: ◍ wet, moist
Features: ✓ flowers
USDA Zones: 2 to 9
Flower features: ❀ orange, yellow
Scientific Names

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Salix lucida (Shining Willow, Pacific Willow, or Whiplash Willow) is a species of willow native to northern and western North America, occurring in wetland habitats.[1][2][3]

It is a deciduous large shrub or small tree growing to 4–11 m tall. The shoots are greenish-brown to grey-brown. The leaves are narrow elliptic to lanceolate, 4–17 cm long and 1-3.5 cm broad, glossy dark green above, usually glaucous green below, hairless or thinly hairy. The flowers are yellow catkins 1–9 cm long, produced in late spring after the leaves emerge.[2][3][4]


Read about Salix lucida in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Salix lucida, Muhl. Shrub or low bushy tree, 6-15 ft. high: branches yellowish brown and highly polished: buds large, flattened, and recurved at the apex: lvs. large, broadly lanceolate-acuminate, serrate, dark green, shining above: aments large, appearing with the lvs.; scale pale green, deciduous; stamens 4-5; ovary pedicelled, rather obtuse, glabrous. E. N. Amer.—A beautiful plant, deserving of more extensive cult.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

There are two or three subspecies:[1][2][3]

  • Salix lucida subsp. lucida. Shining Willow. Newfoundland west to eastern Saskatchewan, and south to Maryland and South Dakota.
  • Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra (Benth.) E.Murray (syn. S. lasiandra Benth.). Pacific Willow. Alaska east to Northwest Territory, and south to California and New Mexico.
  • Salix lucida subsp. caudata (Nutt.) E.Murray. Whiplash Willow. Interior western North America from eastern British Columbia south to eastern California and Nevada. Included in subsp. lasiandra by some authors.

It is closely related to Salix pentandra of Europe and Asia.[5]

Gallery

  • Salix lucida lasiandra(02).jpg

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Germplasm Resources Information Network: Salix lucida
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jepson Flora: Salix lucida
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Plants of British Columbia: Salix lucida
  4. ↑ Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Salix lucida
  5. ↑ Bean, W. J. (1980). Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles 8th ed., vol. 4. John Murray ISBN 0-7195-2428-8.

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