pussy willow, diamond willow, large pussy willow, northern pussy willow, Glaucous willow
Salix discolor
Summary 2
Major nectar source but temperature usually too cold for bees to fly
Pollen-crude 14.95% nutritionally okay
April to early May. Mackenzie District, N.W.T.; Yukon Territory; Newfoundland,
west to British Columbia. In damp thickets, swamps, and along shorelines. Native. (Crompton, C. W., & Wojtas, W. A. (1993). Pollen grains of Canadian honey plants.)
The pussy willow is very valuable for spring stimulation. The honey is extra-light amber to light amber with a fair flavor often described as weedy. It is generally blended or sold for commercial uses. ( Lovell, H. B. (1966). Honey Plants Manual)
Salix discolor, the American pussy willow or glaucous willow, is a species of willow native to North America, one of two species commonly called pussy willow.
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- (c) Mark Kluge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Kluge
- Adapted by Megan W. from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salix_discolor
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- OregonFlora.org
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
