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Family:

Salicaceae

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Long-lived perennial

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Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -to- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Clay, Loam, Organic

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Wildlife:

The catkins of Prairie Willow attract primarily small bees and flies (harvest pollen), wind pollinated. Caterpillars of Limenitis archippus (Viceroy) feed on the leaves of willows.

Early season food for some wildlife. Provides cover and nesting areas for birds.

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