Salix commutata
Undergreen willow · also Under-green willow, Variable willow
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Salix commutata is a shrub typically growing up to 3 meters tall, featuring elliptic to ovate leaves up to 10 cm long, which are sometimes toothed and covered in white hairs. It is found in diverse habitats including rocky alpine and subalpine slopes, conifer forests, stream banks, and bogs across western Canada and the northwestern United States.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 180.00%36 yr7.5 in
Traits
- Mature height
- 9.8 ft
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.5 in, mean 8.4 in, 90th percentile 20 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests
- British Columbia coastal conifer forests
- Central British Columbia Mountain forests
- Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
- Central-Southern Cascades Forests
- North Cascades conifer forests
- Northern Pacific Alaskan coastal forests
- Northern Rockies conifer forests
Boreal Forests/Taiga
- Alaska Peninsula montane taiga
- Interior Alaska-Yukon lowland taiga
- Northwest Territories taiga
Tundra
- Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra
- Brooks-British Range tundra
- Interior Yukon-Alaska alpine tundra
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
- Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands
Other Salix in the catalogue
34 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
