Salicaceae
Shining willow
Salix lucida
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (6)
- arz
- سالكس لوسيدا
- Azerbaijani
- Parlaq söyüd
- English
- Shining willow
- German
- Glanz-Weide
- hsb
- Błyšćata wjerba
- Russian
- Ива лоснящаяся
Synonyms
- Diplima lucida (Muhl.) Raf.
- Diplusion lucida Raf.
- Pleiarina lucida (Muhl.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
- Salix arguta-erythrocoma Andersson
- Salix lucida f. pilosa Andersson
- Salix lucida var. angustifolia Andersson
- Salix lucida var. intonsa Fernald
- Salix lucida var. lucida
- Salix pentandra var. lucida (Muhl.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 229 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Mara McHaffie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: reuvenm, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Zifkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: reuvenm, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Micki Colbeck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: reuvenm, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kat_the_nat, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: allan7, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: allan7, CC0, 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.