Salix caroliniana
| Salix caroliniana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Salicales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Genus: | Salix |
| Species: | S. caroliniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Salix caroliniana Michx. | |
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| Natural range of Salix caroliniana from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: coastal plain willow
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
A description of Salix caroliniana is provided in The Flora of North America.
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
Salix caroliniana has occurred in creek bottomlands, river banks, cypress swamps, river floodplains, wet coastal hammocks, margin of sawgrass swales, Eichornia bog, tropical evergreen hardwood forests, border of cypress-gum depression in wet flatwoods, shallow water of a slow moving tributary of a river, marsh edges, mesic pinewoods, wet sloughs, and mesic hardwood swamps. It has also occurred in disturbed areas such as a willow thicket in a broad drainage area between the highway and a railway, roadside canals, swampy edges of an orange grove, waste areas, and powerline corridors (FSU Herbarium). Soil types include loamy soil, sandy silt, loam, and loamy sand (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Persea, Salix nigra, Equisetum hymale, Saururus cernuus, Rumex verticillatus, R. hastatulus, Tradescantia ohiensis, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Commelina diffusa, Carex longii, Parietaria floridana, Ludwigia peruviana, Eleocharis geniculata, Carpinus caroliniana, Nyssa sylvatica, and Nyssa aquatica (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
Flowers and fruits January through August (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Salix caroliniana at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Apidae: Apis mellifera
Colletidae: Colletes brimleyi, Hylaeus confluens
Halictidae: Lasioglossum lepidii, L. pectoralis, L. placidensis, L. puteulanum
Leucospididae: Leucospis affinis
Sphecidae: Ectemnius decemmaculatus tequesta
Vespidae: Parancistrocerus perennis anacardivora, Polistes fuscatus, Stenodynerus histrionalis rufustus, Vespula squamosa, Zethus slossonae
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
