Definition of Salix humilis

1. Noun. Slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America.

Exact synonyms: Prairie Willow
Group relationships: Genus Salix, Salix
Generic synonyms: Willow, Willow Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salix Humilis

Salix alba
Salix alba caerulea
Salix alba sericea
Salix alba vitellina
Salix amygdalina
Salix amygdaloides
Salix arctica
Salix babylonica
Salix blanda
Salix candida
Salix caprea
Salix cinerea
Salix discolor
Salix fragilis
Salix herbacea
Salix humilis (current term)
Salix lasiolepis
Salix lucida
Salix nigra
Salix pendulina
Salix pendulina blanda
Salix pentandra
Salix purpurea
Salix pyrifolia
Salix repens
Salix sericea
Salix sitchensis
Salix triandra
Salix tristis
Salix uva-ursi

Literary usage of Salix humilis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Salix humilis Marshall var. humilis Upland willow Deciduous shrub Dry thickets and barrens, on sandy soils. ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Salix humilis Marshall var. humilis Upland willow Deciduous shrub Dry thickets and barrens, on sandy soils. Salix humilis Marshall var. ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Salix humilis Marsh. Prairie Willow. Fig. 1473. Salix humilis Marsh. Arb. Am. 140. 1785. A shrub, 2°-8° tall, the twigs tomentose or pubescent, terete. ..."

4. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1900)
"Salix humilis MARSH. Salix humilis Marsh. Arb. Am. 140. 1785. The prairie willow is a common species throughout our state, inhabiting uplands and dry soils, ..."

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