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BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS

SPECIES: Salix gooddingii | Goodding Willow
GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : Goodding willow is a fast-growing, deciduous, dioecious, native shrub or tree. It attains a height of 20 to 60 feet (6-18 m) and has an average d.b.h. of 30 inches (76.2 cm). Leaves are 2 to 4 inches (5-10 cm) long; female catkins are 1.5 to 3.2 inches (4-8 cm) long. Fruits are capsular. The bark of Goodding willow is thick, rough, and deeply furrowed [5,18,19,31]. RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : Phanerophyte REGENERATION PROCESSES : Sexual reproduction: Goodding willow begins producing seed at 2 to 10 years of age. Optimum seed-bearing age of willows is 25 to 75 years, and large seed crops are produced annually. The minute, hairy seed is dispersed by wind and water and does not exhibit dormancy. Seed remains viable for only a few days. Germination is epigeal and usually occurs within 12 to 24 hours. Seedling establishment is best on moist, bare soils. Both fire and flood create favorable seedbed conditions [5,6,20]. Vegetative reproduction: Goodding willow sprouts from the root crown [6,22]. SITE CHARACTERISTICS : Goodding willow occurs in riparian zones. Sites are typically seasonally inundated by water and have shallow water tables and fine-grained alluvial soils. Goodding willow grows well in the pH range of 6 to 7 and tolerates alkaline desert soils [13,20,25]. SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : Obligate Initial Community Species Goodding willow is an initial to early seral species. It has very low shade tolerance but high flood tolerance [14,20]. It does not sprout beneath its own canopy. Gooding willow seedlings compete poorly with grasses [27]. SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : Catkins of Goodding willow appear in early March. Seeds ripen and are dispersed in early spring [5,18,27].

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