Tree · Salicaceae
Littletree willow
Salix arbusculoides
Littletree willow is recorded as native to 1 state or territory in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 16 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Key facts · USDA PLANTS
Littletree willow at a glance
- Native in
- 16 counties, across 1 state or territory
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Not recorded PLANTS has no minimum temperature
- Mature height
- 10 ft PLANTS mature height
- Light and water
- Full sun (shade-intolerant) Moisture use not recorded
PLANTS records no minimum temperature for this species, so we give no zone.
Littletree willow is recorded as native to 1 state or territory in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 16 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Counties where it is native
The 15 counties with the most ZIP codes among the 16 where it is listed.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK
- Bethel Census Area, AK
- Anchorage Municipality, AK
- Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK
- Nome Census Area, AK
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
- Northwest Arctic Borough, AK
- North Slope Borough, AK
- Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
- Dillingham Census Area, AK
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK
- Kodiak Island Borough, AK
- Chugach Census Area, AK
- Copper River Census Area, AK
- Denali Borough, AK
Native counties by state
- Alaska 16 counties
Growing traits
Values from the PLANTS characteristics record. “Not recorded” means PLANTS has no value; nothing here is estimated except the zone.
Growth
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Mature height
- 10 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Growth form
- Thicket Forming
- Shape
- Erect
- Lifespan
- Short
- Active growth period
- Not recorded
Light and water
- Shade tolerance
- Intolerant (full sun (shade-intolerant))
- Moisture use
- Not recorded
- Drought tolerance
- None
- Tolerance of waterlogged soil
- Medium
- Precipitation range
- Not recorded
Soil
- Soil textures
- Not recorded
- pH range
- 5.5 to 7.5
- Lime (CaCO₃) tolerance
- Not recorded
- Salinity tolerance
- None
- Fertility requirement
- Not recorded
- Minimum root depth
- 12 in
Climate
- Minimum temperature
- Not recorded
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Not recorded
- Minimum frost-free days
- 120
- Fire tolerance
- Medium
Flowers, leaves and fruit
- Flower color
- Yellow
- Showy flowers
- No
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Foliage color
- Green
- Showy in fall
- No
- Keeps leaves
- No
- Fruit color
- Black
Other
- Toxicity
- Slight
- Nitrogen fixation
- None
- Nursery availability
- Not recorded
- Family
- Salicaceae
- PLANTS symbol
- SAAR3
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Scope
- Salix arbusculoides (PLANTS symbol SAAR3).
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources