Participant Info

Species

Salix exigua

Family

Salicaceae

CommonName

coyote willow, narrowleaf willow

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1898

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, ruderal, urban, sanddunes

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Great Sand Dunes, Russell Lakes

Other Localities

Alamosa (town), Del Norte

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande, Del Norte by Rio Grande 15 June 2020

Comments

Coyote willow is the most common Salix on banks of Basin streams, following them up into the foothills and lower montane. Ranchers and county agents go to great length, usually with herbicides, to eradicate it, all to moderate avail. In the USA, It has been recorded from nearly every county west of the Great Plains. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico and then, sporadically, to the Gulf of Mexico.

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