Salix hookeriana

Salix hookeriana is a species of willow known by the common names dune willow, coastal willow, and Hooker's willow.

Salix hookeriana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Salix
Species:	S. hookeriana
Binomial name
Salix hookeriana Barratt ex Hook.
Natural range of Salix hookeriana
Close-up of natural range of Salix hookeriana
Synonyms
Salix amplifolia Salix piperi

Description

Salix hookeriana is a shrub or tree growing up to 8 m (26 ft) tall, sometimes forming bushy colonial thickets. The leaves are up to 11 cm long, generally oval in shape, wavy along the edges, and hairy to woolly in texture with shiny upper surfaces.

The inflorescence is a catkin of flowers up to 9 cm long, with the female catkins growing longer as the fruits develop.

This willow may hybridize with similar species.

Taxonomy

The Latin specific epithet hookeriana refers to William Jackson Hooker, author of Flora Boreali-Americana in which the species was first published.

Distribution

The plant is native to the west coast of North America from Alaska to northern California, where it grows in coastal habitat such as beaches, marshes, floodplains, and canyons.

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  At the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California

External links

• Media related to Salix hookeriana at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Salix hookeriana at Wikispecies
• Salix hookeriana in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
• "Salix hookeriana". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.
• "Salix hookeriana". Plants for a Future.
• Jepson Manual Treatment: Salix hookeriana
• Washington Burke Museum