Participant Info

Species

Salix lasiandra [Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra]

Family

Salicaceae

CommonName

Pacific willow

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1873

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, ruderal, urban

Geobotanical

SSawatch, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, UBasin

Counties

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

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

Alamosa (town), La Botica, Del Norte

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Del Norte, by Rio Grande 22 May 2020

Comments

In the Watershed Pacific willow is common in riparian habitats ranging from stream sides in the Basin on up to the middle montane. Salix lasiandra is often treated as a subspecies of S. lucida. It is recorded from nearly every county in the USA west of the Great Plains, and follows the Rio Grande drainage south through two thirds of New Mexico. Note that S. lasiandra is unusual among Salix species in that it is readily identified, by its leaf-like stipules. Also note that Kittel (2023) shows two varieties of S. lasiandra both present in all Watershed counties: var. caudata and var. lasiandra.

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