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bluestem willow
Salix irrorata
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.0 ft. to 12.0 ft.
Spread: 4.0 ft. to 8.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Fish, Large Mammals, Medium-Sized Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Wetland Birds, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Moderate
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains, Plains, Riparian, Wet Meadow, Wetlands
- Season of Bloom
- April, May
- 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
- Gravel, Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This is an important larval and adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.