Goodding's Willow

More info for the terms: shrub, tree

Goodding's willow
black willow
Dudley willow
valley willow
western black willow

TAXONOMY:
The scientific name of Goodding's willow is Salix gooddingii Ball.
(Salicaceae) [16,19,30].

Some authorities consider S. gooddingii a western variety of S. nigra.
Dorn, however, considered them distinct species, citing differences in
chemistry [30,34].


LIFE FORM:
Tree, Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:
No special status

OTHER STATUS:
NO-ENTRY



DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Salix gooddingii
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION:
Goodding's willow is distributed from northern California to western
Colorado and south to southern California and Texas. It is also found
in river valleys of northern Mexico [16,18,19,29,31].

Goodding's willow is distributed from northern California to western Colorado and south to southern California and Texas. It is also found in river valleys of northern Mexico [16,18,19,29,31]. Distribution of Goodding's willow. Map courtesy of USDA, NRCS. 2018. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC [2018, June 21] [29].

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Goodding's willow is dominant in many riparian communities of the West,
where it frequently codominates with Fremont cottonwood (Populus
fremontii) [24,27,28]. It is listed as a dominant plant species in the
following published classifications:

Classification of riparian habitat in the Southwest [21]
Southwestern riparian plant communities: site characteristics,
tree species distributions, and size-class structures [28]
Terrestrial natural communities of California [11]

Common plant associates of Goodding's willow are Arizona sycamore
(Platanus wrightii), mesquite (Prosopis spp.), desertwillow (Chilopsis
linearis), and southwestern condalia (Condalia lyciodes) [7,9].

More info for the terms: shrub, tree

Tree, Shrub

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Catkins of Goodding's willow appear in early March. Seeds ripen and are dispersed in early spring [5,18,27].

More info for the terms: root crown, root sucker, shrub

Tree with adventitious-bud root crown/soboliferous species root sucker Tall shrub, adventitious-bud root crown Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)

The scientific name of Goodding's willow is Salix gooddingii Ball.
(Salicaceae) [16,19,30].

Some authorities consider S. gooddingii a western variety of S. nigra.
Dorn, however, considered them distinct species, citing differences in
chemistry [30,34].