Salix boothii Dorn
Booth's willow
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Booth's willow
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Dioecious shrubs, 0.25-6 m tall, not colonial; branches erect, flexible at base; twigs yellowish to red-brown, smooth or sparsely hairy.
Leaves:
Alternate, simple, narrowly oblong to broadly elliptic, 2.6-10 cm long, 0.8-3 cm wide, lower surface not glaucous, smooth, sparsely long soft-hairy, or short-silky, hairs white and rust-coloured, upper surface shiny to highly glossy, smooth or sparsely long soft-hairy to nearly smooth, margins entire to toothed, bases pointed to rounded, tips abruptly short-tapered; leaf stalks with or without glandular dots at the top; stipules leaflike.
Flowers:
Unisexual, lacking sepals and petals, borne in catkins which flower as leaves emerge or just before them, the catkins stout, unstalked or on leafy twigs; floral bracts dark, hairs wavy or curly; stamens 2; ovaries 1, smooth; styles 0.3-1 mm long.
Fruits:
Capsules which split open to release the seeds, each of which is surrounded by a tuft of hairs; stalks 0.5-2.5 mm long.
Notes:
For a comparison with the similar S. myrtillifolia and S. pseudomyrsinites see Table 2, page 60.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
USDA Species Characteristics
Flower Colour:
Green
Blooming Period:
Late Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Black
Present from Summer to Fall
Source: The USDA
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Salix boothii
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1237 | 590 | 1842 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
1 | 0 | 3 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
295 | 230 | 336 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
6 | 6 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
8 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ICH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
ESSF(2), ICH(3), IDF(1), MS(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Moist to wet streambanks and meadows in the montane and subalpine zones; rare in SC BC; E to AB and S to NM, AZ and CA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Salix curtiflora auct. non Andersson
Salix myrtillifolia var. curtiflora auct. non (Andersson) Bebb ex Rose
Salix novae-angliae auct. non Andersson
Salix pseudocordata auct. non (Andersson) Rydb.
Salix pseudocordata var. aequalis (Andersson) C.R. Ball ex C.K. Schneid.
Salix pseudomyrsinites var. aequalis (Andersson) Andersson ex C.R. Ball