Introductory
SPECIES: Salix geyeriana | Geyer Willow 



ABBREVIATION : 
SALGEY

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   SAGE2


COMMON NAMES : 
   Geyer willow
   silver willow


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of Geyer willow is Salix
geyeriana Anderss. [15,34].  

Hitchcock and Cronquist [27] recognize two varieties of Geyer willow:
var. geyeriana and var. meliana Henry.  However, recent research in
Idaho has shown that plants designated as var. meliana more closely
match descriptions of Lemmon willow (S. lemmonii) than they do Geyer
willow [9].  Proper identification can be difficult when the two species
grow near each other.  In Idaho, these two species are morphologically
and ecologically distinct, but in areas of contact, identification is
complicated by hybridization [9].  Geyer willow may also hybridize with
Sitka willow (S. sitchensis) in British Columbia [6].


LIFE FORM : 
Tree, Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Ronald Uchytil, August 1991


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Uchytil, Ronald J.  1991.  Salix geyeriana.  In: Remainder of Citation

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