Salix melanopsis Nutt. is a plant in the Salicaceae family, order Malpighiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Salix melanopsis Nutt.

Salix melanopsis Nutt.

Salix melanopsis Nutt. is a shrub that can grow up to 4 m tall, forming thickets, with varied leaves and flower catkins.

Family
Genus
Salix
Order
Malpighiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Salix melanopsis Nutt.

Salix melanopsis Nutt. is a shrub that reaches up to 4 meters in height. It sometimes sprouts abundantly from its stem to form colonial thickets made up of cloned plants. Its leaves are pointed, and can be oval, lance-shaped, or linear in form; they may grow over 13 centimeters long, and have either smooth edges or edges with spine-like teeth. Its inflorescence is a catkin of flowers that grows up to 5 or 6 centimeters long.

Photo: (c) 2008 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malpighiales Salicaceae Salix

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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