Salicaceae FAMILY
Salix planifolia
Salix planifolia
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Salix planifolia is a deciduous shrub or a small tree usually growing from 0.1 - 9 metres tall. The stems are sometimes decumbent[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use in making baskets. It is used in soil stabilization schemes on wet soils, especially banks of rivers, where it protects the bank from erosion.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeNorthern and western N. America - Alaska to Nunavut and Newfoundland, south to California, Arizona, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Massachusets and Maine
HabitatArctic, alpine, subalpine, and boreal meadows and riverbanks, streams, seeps, snowflush areas, treed bogs, fens, sandy-loam, rocky igneous and limestone substrates; at elevations from 100 - 4,000 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].