Salicaceae
Balsam willow
Salix pyrifolia
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Balsam willow
- French
- Saule à feuilles de poirier
- German
- Balsam-Weide
Synonyms
- Salix balsamifera Barratt ex Andersson
- Salix balsamifera var. lanceolata Bebb
- Salix cordata var. balsamifera Hook.
- Salix pyrifolia var. lanceolata (Bebb) Fernald
- Salix pyrifolia var. pyrifolia
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 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.