Salicaceae
Shortfruit willow
Salix brachycarpa
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Shortfruit willow, Barren-ground willow, Small-fruit willow
- Persian
- بید کوتاهمیوه
Synonyms
- Salix brachycarpa subsp. brachycarpa
- Salix brachycarpa var. alticola E.H.Kelso
- Salix brachycarpa var. antimima (C.K.Schneid.) Raup
- Salix brachycarpa var. brachycarpa
- Salix brachycarpa var. glabellicarpa C.K.Schneid.
- Salix brachycarpa var. sansonii C.R.Ball
- Salix chlorolepis var. antimima C.K.Schneid.
- Salix desertorum var. fruticulosa Andersson
- Salix desertorum var. stricta Andersson
- Salix stricta Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.