Salix bebbiana Sarg.
Bebb's willow (Bebb willow; grey willow; long-beaked willow)
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Bebb's willow (Bebb willow; grey willow; long-beaked willow)
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Introduction
This is a deciduous species of wetland tree or shrub.
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Species Information
General:
Dioecious shrubs to trees, 0.5-10 m tall, not colonial; branches erect, flexible or somewhat brittle at base; twigs red-brown, hairy, peeled wood prominently ridged.
Leaves:
Alternate, simple, narrowly elliptic to elliptic or egg-shaped, 2-8 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, lower surface glaucous, short-woolly to nearly smooth, hairs white, upper surface dull, short-silky to nearly smooth, margins entire to blunt-toothed, bases pointed, tips abruptly pointed; leaf stalks without glandular dots at top; stipules leaflike but soon lost.
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 pale, hairs straight or wavy; stamens 2; ovaries 1, hairy; styles 0.1-0.4 mm long.
Fruits:
Capsules which split open to release the seeds, each of which is surrounded by a tuft of hairs; stalks 2-5 mm long.
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
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Salix bebbiana
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 |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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| Elevation
(metres) |
974 | 6 | 2232 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
13 | 0 | 110 |
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Aspect (degrees) |
171 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
1218 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BWBS | ||
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All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(16), BWBS(311), CWH(7), ESSF(121), ICH(95), IDF(175), MS(89), PP(13), SBPS(41), SBS(250), SWB(27) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to moist forests, thickets, swamps and clearings in the steppe and montane zones; common throughout BC east of the Coast-Cascade Mountains; N to AK, YT and NT, E to NF and S to NJ, NY, PA, IN, IA, NM, AZ and CA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Salix bebbiana var. capreifolia (Fernald) Fernald
Salix bebbiana var. depilis Raup
Salix bebbiana var. luxurians (Fernald) Fernald
Salix bebbiana var. perrostrata (Rydb.) C.K. Schneid.
Salix bebbiana var. projecta (Fernald) C.K. Schneid.
Salix depressa subsp. rostrata (Richardson) Hiitonen
Salix livida var. occidentalis (Andersson) A. Gray
Salix livida var. rostrata (Richardson) Dippel
Salix perrostrata Rydb.
Salix rostrata Richardson, non Thuill.
Salix rostrata var. capreifolia Fernald
Salix rostrata var. luxurians Fernald
Salix rostrata var. perrostrata (Rydb.) Fernald
Salix rostrata var. projecta Fernald
Salix starkeana subsp. bebbiana (Sarg.) Youngberg
Salix vagans var. occidentalis Andersson
Salix vagans var. rostrata (Richardson) Andersson