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Salix lucida lucida

(Salix lucida lucida)

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Description

Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio Medium Coppice Potential Yes Fall Conspicuous Yes Fire Resistant Yes Flower Color Yellow Flower Conspicuous Yes Foliage Color Dark Green Foliage Porosity Summer Moderate Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Medium Fruit/Seed Color Brown Fruit/Seed Conspicuous No Growth Form Single Stem Growth Rate Rapid Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) 30 Height, Mature (feet) 60.0 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention No Lifespan Long Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability Yes Shape and Orientation Erect Toxicity None Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils No Adapted to Fine Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance Low CaCO3 Tolerance Low Cold Stratification Required No Drought Tolerance Low Fertility Requirement Low Fire Tolerance High Frost Free Days, Minimum 120 Hedge Tolerance High Moisture Use High pH, Minimum 6.5 pH, Maximum 7.5 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 150 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 300 Precipitation, Minimum 15 Precipitation, Maximum 60 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 12 Salinity Tolerance None Shade Tolerance Intermediate Temperature, Minimum (-F) -38 Reproduction Bloom Period Summer Commercial Availability Contracting Only Fruit/Seed Abundance High Fruit/Seed Period Begin Spring Fruit/Seed Period End Fall Fruit/Seed Persistence No Propagated by Bare Root Yes Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container Yes Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings Yes Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs No Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 9000000 Seed Spread Rate Rapid Seedling Vigor High Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate Rapid Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product No Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product Lumber Product No Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product Yes Palatable Browse Animal High Palatable Graze Animal High Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Medium Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Malpighiales
Family:Salicaceae
Genus:Salix
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