Definition of Salix sericea

1. Noun. North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying.

Exact synonyms: Salix Alba Sericea, Silky Willow, Silver Willow
Group relationships: Genus Salix, Salix
Generic synonyms: Willow, Willow Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salix Sericea

Salix caprea
Salix cinerea
Salix discolor
Salix fragilis
Salix herbacea
Salix humilis
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
Salix viminalis
Salix vitellina
Salk
Salla disease
Sallie
Sally
Sally Ann
Sally Army
Sally Lunn
Salmacis

Literary usage of Salix sericea

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

1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1900)
"salix sericea MARSH. salix sericea Marsh. Arb. Am. 140. 1785. This species is quite rare in Iowa. According to Mr. Bebb it occurs commonly as far west as ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1900)
"salix sericea MARSH. salix sericea Marsh. Arb. Am. 140. 1785. This species is quite rare in Iowa. According to Mr. Bebb it occurs commonly as far west as ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"salix sericea Marsh. Arb. Am. 14o. 1785. A shrub, 5°-12° tall, with slender purplish puberulent twigs, the young leaves densely silky-pubescent. ..."

4. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1906)
"THE large shrub which in the Penobscot Valley is usually supposed to be Salix sericea Marsh, has the young leaves conspicuously reddish- white beneath with ..."

5. The Flora of Essex County, Massachusetts by John Robinson (1880)
"salix sericea, Marshall. (SILKY WILLOW.) Along streams. Not very common. ... As he does not mention salix sericea, it may be this species that is referred ..."

6. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1900)
"salix sericea MARSH. salix sericea Marsh. Arb. Am. 140. 1785. This species is quite rare in Iowa. According to Mr. Bebb it occurs commonly as far west as ..."

7. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1900)
"salix sericea MARSH. salix sericea Marsh. Arb. Am. 140. 1785. This species is quite rare in Iowa. According to Mr. Bebb it occurs commonly as far west as ..."

8. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"salix sericea Marsh. Arb. Am. 14o. 1785. A shrub, 5°-12° tall, with slender purplish puberulent twigs, the young leaves densely silky-pubescent. ..."

9. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1906)
"THE large shrub which in the Penobscot Valley is usually supposed to be Salix sericea Marsh, has the young leaves conspicuously reddish- white beneath with ..."

10. The Flora of Essex County, Massachusetts by John Robinson (1880)
"salix sericea, Marshall. (SILKY WILLOW.) Along streams. Not very common. ... As he does not mention salix sericea, it may be this species that is referred ..."

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