Dwarf Upland Willow

Salix humilis var. tristis

Keystone

Native to Louisiana. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height: Up to about 3 feet

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

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At a glance

Life cycle: Perennial

Not yet recorded · Spread · Light · Soil · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 2 Louisiana parishes.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

184CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA

Genus host records with ranges including LA · Salix

Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
Automeris ioIo Moth
Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Moth
Limenitis archippusViceroy
Limenitis arthemisRed-spotted Purple
Nymphalis antiopaMourning Cloak
Papilio glaucusEastern Tiger Swallowtail
Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
Acrobasis indigenellaLeaf Crumpler

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Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
Acronicta connectaConnected Dagger
Acronicta funeralisFunerary Dagger, Paddle Caterpillar
Acronicta impletaYellow-Haired Dagger
Acronicta insularisHenry's Marsh Moth, Cattail Caterpillar
Acronicta interruptaInterrupted Dagger
Acronicta lepusculinaCottonwood Dagger
Acronicta longaLong-Winged Dagger, Darkish Dagger
Acronicta noctivagaNight-Wandering Dagger, Burglar Dagger
Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
Acronicta radcliffeiRadcliffe's Dagger
Actias lunaLuna Moth
Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
Aethalura intertextaFour-Barred Gray
Agathodes monstralisSky-Pointing Moth
Agonopterix argillaceaClay-Colored Agonopterix
Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
Americerura scitiscriptaBlack-Etched Prominent
Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
Antaeotricha leucillanaWell-Marked Leaf Tier, Pale Gray Bird-Dropping Moth
Apatelodes torrefactaSpotted Apatelodes
Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
Archips purpuranaOmnivorous Leafroller Moth
Argyrotaenia ivanaIvana Leafroller Moth
Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
Aristotelia roseosuffusellaPink-Washed Aristotelia
Besma quercivorariaOak Besma
Cabera variolariaPink-Striped Willow Spanworm Moth, Vestal Moth, The Vestal
Callosamia prometheaPromethea Silkmoth, Promethea Moth
Caloptilia stigmatellaPoplar Caloptilia
Catocala amatrixThe Sweetheart, Sweetheart Underwing
Catocala blandulaCharming Underwing
Catocala carissimaCarissima Underwing Moth, Southern Darling Underwing
Catocala piatrixThe Penitent, Penitent Underwing
Cecrita biundataWavy-Lined Heterocampa
Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
Cenopis pettitanaMaple-Basswood Leafroller Moth
Cerastis tenebriferaReddish Speckled Dart
Choristoneura parallelaParallel-Banded Leafroller, Spotted Fireworm Moth
Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
Citheronia regalisRoyal Walnut Moth, Hickory Horned Devil
Clostera albosigmaSigmoid Prominent
Clostera inclusaAngle-Lined Prominent, Poplar Tent Maker, Poplar Leaf-Tier
Coelodasys apicalisPlain Schizura
Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
Colobochyla interpunctaYellow-Lined Owlet, Marsh Belle
Colocasia propinquilineaClosebanded Yellowhorn
Condylorrhiza vestigialisThe Alamo Moth
Cydia gallaesalicianaWillow Gall Moth
Dasychira basiflavaYellow-Based Tussock Moth
Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
Digrammia gnophosariaHollow-Spotted Angle
Digrammia subminiataDark-Waved Angle
Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
Egira alternansAlternate Woodling
Elophila obliteralisWaterlily Leafcutter Moth
Ennomos magnariaMaple Spanworm Moth, Notchwing Geometer
Ennomos subsignariaElm Spanworm Moth
Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
Euchlaena deductariaForked Euchlaena
Euchlaena marginariaOchre Euchlaena
Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
Eudryas unioPearly Wood-Nymph
Euparthenos nubilisLocust Underwing
Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
Euplexia benesimilisAmerican Angle Shades
Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
Furcula cinereaGray Furcula
Glena cribratariaDotted Gray
Gluphisia septentrionisCommon Gluphisia
Gypsonoma salicicolanaSmall Gypsonoma
Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
Haploa clymeneClymene Moth
Haploa leconteiLeconte's Haploa
Haploa reversaReversed Haploa
Harrisimemna trisignataHarris's Three-Spot
Herpetogramma pertextalisBold-Feathered Grass Moth
Hyles lineataWhite-Lined Sphinx
Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
Hypercompe scriboniaGiant Leopard Moth, Great Leopard Moth
Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
Iridopsis defectariaBrown-Shaded Gray, Willow Looper
Iridopsis ephyrariaPale-Winged Gray
Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
Lambdina fiscellariaHemlock Looper, Western Oak Looper
Lithacodes fasciolaYellow-Shouldered Slug
Lithophane antennataAshen Pinion
Lithophane bethuneiBethune's Pinion
Lithophane lemmeriLemmer's Pinion
Macaria coortariaFour-Spotted Angle, Four-Spotted Granite
Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
Megalopyge crispataBlack-Waved Flannel Moth, Crinkled Flannel Moth
Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
Meganola minusculaConfused Meganola, Confused Oak Punkie
Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
Melanolophia signatariaSignate Melanolphia
Melipotis jucundaMerry Melipotis
Metanema inatomariaPale Metanema
Metarranthis duariaRuddy Metarranthis
Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
Nadata gibbosaWhite-Dotted Prominent
Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
Nemoria mimosariaWhite-Fringed Emerald
Nycteola metaspilellaSienna-Dotted Nycteola, Forgotten Frigid Owlet
Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
Oedemasia leptinoidesBlack-Blotched Schizura
Oedemasia semirufescensRed-Washed Prominent
Oiketicus abbotiiAbbot's Bagworm Moth
Olethreutes fasciatanaBanded Olethreutes
Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock Moth
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Orthodes majusculaRustic Quaker, Rustic Groundcat
Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
Oxydia vesuliaSpurge Spanworm Moth
Pachysphinx modestaModest Sphinx, The Big Poplar Sphinx
Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
Pandemis limitataThree-Lined Leafroller Moth
Panopoda carneicostaBrown Panopoda, Hickory Panopoda
Panopoda rufimargoRed-Lined Panopoda
Paonias excaecataBlinded Sphinx, Blind Eyed Sphinx
Paonias myopsSmall-Eyed Sphinx
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Paranthrene dolliiPoplar Borer
Paranthrene tabaniformisDusky Clearwing
Parasa chlorisSmaller Parasa, Green Slug Moth
Parastichtis suspectaThe Suspected
Pero ancetariaHubner's Pero
Phaeoura quernariaOak Beauty Moth
Phigalia strigatariaSmall Phigalia, Small Oak Looper
Phigalia titeaThe Half-Wing Geometer, Spiney Looper, Eastern Oak Looper
Phlogophora periculosaBrown Angle Shades
Phobetron pitheciumHag Moth, Monkey Slug
Plagodis alcoolariaHollow-Spotted Plagodis
Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
Pococera aplastellaAspen Webworm Moth
Pococera asperatellaMaple Webworm
Prionoxystus robiniaeCarpenterworm Moth, Black Locust Borer, Cottonwood Borer
Probole amicariaFriendly Probole
Prochoerodes lineolaLarge Maple Spanworm Moth
Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
Protitame virginalisVirgin Moth
Protoboarmia porcelariaPorcelain Gray, Dashedlined Looper
Pseudothyatira cymatophoroidesTufted Thyatirid
Psilocorsis reflexellaDotted Leaftier Moth
Raphia fraterThe Brother, Yellow-Marked Caterpillar
Rheumaptera prunivorataFerguson's Scallop Shell, Cherry Scallop Shell
Satyrium liparopsStriped Hairstreak
Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
Scoliopteryx libatrixThe Herald
Smerinthus jamaicensisTwin-Spotted Sphinx
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
Sunira bicoloragoBicolored Sallow
Synanthedon scitulaDogwood Borer, Pecan Borer
Syndemis afflictanaFall Dead-Leaf Roller, Gray Leafroller, Black-and-Grey Banded Leafroller
Tetracis crocallataYellow Slant-Line
Thalera pistasciariaPistachio Emerald
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
Tolype velledaLarge Tolype, Large Lappet Moth, Vellada Lappet Moth
Tortricidia pallidaRed-Cross Button Slug
Xanthorhoe lacustrataToothed Brown Carpet
Xystopeplus rufagoRed-Winged Sallow
Zale lunataLunate Zale
Zale minereaColorful Zale
Automeris louisiana
Framinghamia helvalis

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

39BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Salix

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

16Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Salix

Andrena andrenoides
Andrena arenicola
Andrena bisalicis
Andrena clarkella
Andrena erythrogaster
Andrena frigida
Andrena illinoiensis
Andrena macoupinensis
Andrena mariae
Andrena nida

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Andrena nigrae
Andrena salictaria
Andrena sigmundi
Andrena subaustralis
Andrena wellesleyana
Perdita maculigera

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

9BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Salix

Acanthis flammeaCommon Redpoll
Anser caerulescensSnow Goose
Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
Falcipennis canadensisSpruce Grouse
Lagopus lagopusWillow Ptarmigan
Lagopus leucuraWhite-tailed Ptarmigan
Lagopus mutaRock Ptarmigan
Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Salicaceae
Flower color: Yellow, green, purple, brown or black

What its natural habitat tells you

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “Yellow, green, purple, brown or black” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height · “Up to about 3 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Also known as

Dwarf Prairie Willow

Conservation status

Louisiana rank	S2
Global rank	Not available
LA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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