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Farr's Willow - Salix farriae

Native Species

Global Rank: G4G5
State Rank: S3S4
(see State Rank Reason below)
C-value: 7


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State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)
Numerous collections from Teton, Ravalli, Granite, DeerLodge, Lincoln, Flathead, Lewis & Clark Counties. Mostly occurs at high elevations, where probably secure.
 
General Description
Shrubs to 1.5 m. Twigs brown, pubescent to glabrous. Leaf blades 2–6 cm long, lanceolate to elliptic with entire margins, glaucous beneath. Female catkins 1–4 cm long, emerging with the leaves on leafy branchlets 5–15 mm long; scales dark brown, long- hairy at least above, sometimes deciduous. Capsules glabrous, 3–6 mm long; stipes ca. 0.5 mm long; style ca. 0.5 mm long (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Species Range
Montana Range Range Descriptions

Native
 


Range Comments
YT to WA, ID and WY (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 24

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Habitat
Wet meadows, often near small streams, lakes; subalpine (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Ecology
POLLINATORS
The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap: Bombus vagans, Bombus bifarius, Bombus fervidus, Bombus frigidus, Bombus huntii, Bombus melanopygus, Bombus ternarius, Bombus terricola, Bombus sitkensis, Bombus occidentalis, Bombus pensylvanicus, Bombus bimaculatus, Bombus griseocollis, Bombus impatiens, and Bombus suckleyi (Plath 1934, Macior 1968, Heinrich 1976, Thorp et al. 1983, Colla and Dumesh 2010, Colla et al. 2011, Koch et al. 2012, Williams et al. 2014).


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