Salix laevigata

Salix laevigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Salix
Species:	S. laevigata
Binomial name
Salix laevigata Bebb

Salix laevigata (Red Willow, Polished Willow), is a perennial species of willow native to Pacific Coastal California and northern Baja California; it occurs in other southwestern United States locales, most prominently in Arizona and southwest Utah.

The Red Willow is a small tree up to 45 feet in height.

Distribution

Most of the Red Willow's range is the Pacific Coast region of California, in the north from Cape Mendocino south to northern coastal and moutainous Baja California; it does occur to the east of the entire San Joaquin Valley, the lower elevation western foothills of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) range, but not the center of San Joaquin Valley; it also occurs in small locales southward towards central Baja California. Small locales occur in Oregon, Nevada, and New Mexico. In Arizona it is found in the central transition zone of the Mogollon Rim, as well as in the central reaches of the Grand Canyon; from there to the northwest, the Virgin River canyon region of southwestern Utah.

References

• Little. Atlas of United States Trees, Volume 3, Minor Western Hardwoods, Little, Elbert L, 1976, US Government Printing Office. Library of Congress No. 79-653298. Map 176, Salix laevigata.

External links

• CalPhotos gallery
• Jepson Manual database (Berkeley), California Map
• Lady Bird Johnson database
• NRCS: USDA Plants Profile