Salicaceae
Sandbar willow
Salix interior
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sandbar willow
Synonyms
- Salix exigua f. wheeleri (Rowlee) C.F.Reed
- Salix exigua subsp. interior (Rowlee) Cronquist
- Salix exigua var. exterior (Fernald) C.F.Reed
- Salix exigua var. interior (Rowlee) Cronquist
- Salix exigua var. pedicellata (Andersson) Cronquist
- Salix exigua var. sericans (Nees) Dorn
- Salix fluviatilis var. sericans (Nees) B.Boivin
- Salix interior f. wheeleri (Rowlee) Rouleau
- Salix interior var. exterior Fernald
- Salix interior var. interior
- Salix interior var. pedicellata (Andersson) C.R.Ball
- Salix interior var. wheeleri Rowlee
- Salix linearifolia Rydb.
- Salix longifolia var. interior M.E.Jones
- Salix longifolia var. pedicellata Andersson
- Salix longifolia var. sericans Nees
- Salix longifolia var. wheeleri (Rowlee) C.K.Schneid.
- Salix rubra Richardson
- Salix wheeleri (Rowlee) Rydb.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 262 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Baxter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Steven Lamonde, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: nuthatchnicole, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Schmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Foster iNaturalist observer], CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Foster iNaturalist observer], CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diane Auberson-Lavoie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Foster iNaturalist observer], CC BY 4.0, 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.