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© Ernie Marx
coyote willow
Salix exigua var. exigua
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.0 ft. to 12.0 ft.
Spread: 4.0 ft. to 8.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Fish, Large Mammals, Medium-Sized Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Wetland Birds, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Moderate
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains, Plains, Riparian, Wet Meadow, Wetlands
- Season of Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Flower Color
- Green Shades, Yellow Shades, Inconspicious
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Fall Color, Screening, Winter Interest
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
3, 4, 5 - Soil Type
- Alkaline/High pH
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Flora of North America recognizes two varieties of S. exigua, both native to the U.S. Variety hindsiana is native to Oregon and California and variety exigua is native to the western half of the U.S. including Colorado and the Fort Collins area.
This is an important larval and adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.