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Salix caroliniana
Coastal Plain Willow
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Salix caroliniana Michx.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Coastal Plain Willow
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Malpighiales, Family Salicaceae, Genus Salix, Species Salix caroliniana


Park Tags:
Elevation Range - Low
Life form - Shrub
Park Rank - Park rare
Taxa Group - Vascular-plant
Taxa Subcategory - Dicot
Evidence Sensitivity - Not Sensitive
Wetland Status - Obligate Wetland
Bloom Time - March
Bloom Time - April


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: S4?; TN: SNR
Evidence:		7 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Bluestone National Scenic River	Buffalo National River
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	DeSoto National Memorial
Everglades National Park	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Carver National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Great Falls Park	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Hot Springs National Park
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Moores Creek National Battlefield
Natchez Trace Parkway	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Shenandoah National Park	Stones River National Battlefield
Suitland Parkway	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve


Last Modified Date:	10/31/2019

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/8/2025 10:40:45 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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