Difference between revisions of "Salix sitchensis"

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| name = ''Salix sitchensis''
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| common_names = Sitka Willow
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| lifespan = perennial
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| exposure = full sun{{SSN}}
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| water = lots of water{{SSN}}
 
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = Malpighiales
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| familia = Salicaceae
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| genus = Salix
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| species = sitchensis
 
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'''''[[Salix]] sitchensis'''''. Sitka Willow. A shrub, 10-12 ft. high and more: lvs. obovate, glabrous, clothed beneath with silky hairs which have a beautiful satiny luster: aments appearing with lvs., long, cylindrical and graceful, also satiny. N. W. N. Amer.—This willow, which, so far as known, has not been used as an ornamental plant, is one that would be at once novel and beautiful. The characteristic luster of the lvs. is preserved in plants in cult.
Salix sitchensis, Sans. Sitka Willow. A shrub, 10-12 ft. high and more: lvs. obovate, glabrous, clothed beneath with silky hairs which have a beautiful satiny luster: aments appearing with lvs., long, cylindrical and graceful, also satiny. N. W. N. Amer.—This willow, which, so far as known, has not been used as an ornamental plant, is one that would be at once novel and beautiful. The characteristic luster of the lvs. is preserved in plants in cult.
 
 
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Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: ?
Cultivation
Exposure: [[Exposure::full sunsn]]
Water: [[Water::lots of watersn]]
Scientific Names

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Read about Salix sitchensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Salix sitchensis. Sitka Willow. A shrub, 10-12 ft. high and more: lvs. obovate, glabrous, clothed beneath with silky hairs which have a beautiful satiny luster: aments appearing with lvs., long, cylindrical and graceful, also satiny. N. W. N. Amer.—This willow, which, so far as known, has not been used as an ornamental plant, is one that would be at once novel and beautiful. The characteristic luster of the lvs. is preserved in plants in cult.


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