Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Salix scouleriana
- Family
- Salicaceae
- CommonName
- Scouler’s willow
- Presence
- YES
- Status
- native
- EarliestDate
- 1927
- LatestDate
- 2020
- Ecosystem
- foothill, montane
- Geobotanical
- SSanjuans, NCristos
- Counties
- Conejos, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta
- Passes
- Cumbres, Elwood, Grayback, Music
- WildlifePreserves
- Other Localities
- PhotoRecords
- Comments
- NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Scouler's willow grows on well-drained slopes, often quite steep ones, sometimes in the shade of trees, often as solitary shrubs. Salix scouleriana can also grow lake side and creek side. There are not many records from the Watershed. The area around Cumbres pass in Conejos Co has produced a cluster of records (1927-2003). Kittel (2023) shows the presence of Salix scourleriana in all Watershed counties except for Alamosa and Costilla. Note that the species hybridizes with other willows such as S. planifolia. It is present in every state west of the Great Plains, following the Rio Grande drainage down through New Mexico to the border with Texas.
- Annotation