Salix carolinianaMichx.

coastal plain willow

WFO wfo-0000929287 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salix caroliniana, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. a Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-11 / obs. 197103809
Salix caroliniana, photographed by Athena Philips
fig. b Athena Philips, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182110751
Salix caroliniana, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. c Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180299263
Salix caroliniana, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. d Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178485082
Salix caroliniana, photographed by kerykeion
fig. e kerykeion, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174730703
Salix caroliniana, photographed by Judy Gallagher
fig. f Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 172111102
Salix caroliniana, photographed by Jade Fortnash
fig. g Jade Fortnash, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150196595
Salix caroliniana, photographed by Jade Fortnash
fig. h Jade Fortnash, CC0 1.0 / obs. 130807075

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Salix caroliniana is native: Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Northeast, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Guatemala AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMarylandMexico NortheastMississippiMissouriNorth CarolinaOhioOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaWest VirginiaGuatemala District of Columbia
Native distribution of Salix caroliniana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
District of Columbia WDC
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Kansas KAN
Kentucky KTY
Louisiana LOU
Maryland MRY
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
North Carolina NCA
Ohio OHI
Oklahoma OKL
Pennsylvania PEN
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Virginia VRG
West Virginia WVA
Guatemala GUA SOUTHERN AMERICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Amerina caroliniana (Michx.) Raf.
  • Pleiarina caroliniana (Michx.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
  • Salix amphibia Small
  • Salix cordata f. discolor Andersson
  • Salix harbisonii C.K.Schneid.
  • Salix laevigata var. wardii (Bebb) C.K.Schneid.
  • Salix longipes Hook.f. ex Andersson
  • Salix longipes var. pubescens Andersson
  • Salix longipes var. venulosa C.K.Schneid.
  • Salix longipes var. wardii (Bebb) C.K.Schneid.
  • Salix nigra f. gongylocarpa Schuttl. ex Andersson
  • Salix nigra f. venulosa Andersson
  • Salix nigra var. venulosa (Andersson) Bebb
  • Salix nigra var. wardii Bebb
  • Salix occidentalis Bosc ex Koch
  • Salix pitcheriana Baratt
  • Salix wardii (Bebb) Bebb

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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