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Salix monticola (willow) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Salix monticola

Common names: willow, mountain willow, Mountain willow

Authority: L.

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Malpighiales > Salicaceae

Roles: dominant vegetation, vegetation component, study subject, habitat component

ITIS TSN: 22558

Synonyms: Salix monticola

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 5 | Mentions: 10

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 74 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on Salix monticola with 74 nodes and 271 connections. Top connected: Gothic, Crested Butte, Ipomopsis aggregata, Potentilla, East River.

Publications (5)

Foresummer drought sensitivity of subalpine willow (Salix) shrublands: functional trait and topographic controls on spatial pattern

2026Role: text_match

Reactive iron, not fungal community, drives organic carbon oxidation potential in floodplain soils

2023Soil Biology and BiochemistryRole: dominant vegetation

Earlier snow melt and reduced summer precipitation alter floral traits important to pollination

2022Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

The Snowmelt Niche Differentiates Three Microbial Life Strategies That Influence Soil Nitrogen Availability During and After Winter

2020Frontiers in Microbiology. doi 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00871Role: vegetation component

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

2014Role: study subject

Documents (5)

technical report

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

technical report

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

Guide to the Willows of Shoshone National Forest

Guide to the Willows of Shoshone National Forest

environmental assessment

Wetlands of the Crested Butte Region

Co-occurring Species

Salix brachycarpa

Salicaceae10 shared papers

Salix planifolia

Salicaceae10 shared papers

Pinus contorta

Pinaceae10 shared papers

Salix geyeriana

Salicaceae10 shared papers

Salix exigua

Salicaceae10 shared papers

Salix drummondiana

Salicaceae9 shared papers

Populus angustifolia

Salicaceae9 shared papers

Salix wolfii

Salicaceae9 shared papers

Agoseris glauca

Asteraceae8 shared papers

Poa pratensis

Poaceae8 shared papers