BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Salix serissima | Fall Willow 



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
Fall willow is a native perennial shrub that grows 6 to 9 feet (2-3 m)
tall.


RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : 
   Undisturbed State:  Phanerophyte (nanophanerophyte)
   Burned or Clipped State:  Cryptophyte (geophyte)


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
Fall willow reproduces sexually from seed.


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Fall willow grows in cold, often calcareous bogs, limy swamps, boggy
meadows, and along lakeshores and streambanks at low to mid elevations
[6,9,13,14].  It grows under aspen (Populus tremuloides) and balsam poplar
(P. balsamifera) forests with other willows (Salix spp.), rushes (Juncus
spp.), and ash (Fraxinus spp.) [1,12].  It was reported at 9,000 feet
(3,000 m) in Colorado [6] and at 5,300 feet (1,615 m) in Montana [3].


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
Fall willow was present in the understory of a 5-year-old, sandy,
subirrigated, aspen-poplar stand [1].


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
Fall willow flowers in midsummer or later.  It produces fruit in late
summer or fall [14].  Others say it blooms with other willow species in
May and June and produces fruit in September [9,13].

Related categories for Species: Salix serissima | Fall Willow