Salix bebbiana Bebb willow (Salicaceae) Deciduous shrub

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Salix bebbiana
Bebb willow
Deciduous shrub
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The Salix bebbiana plant species is found in N. America - Newfoundland to Alaska, south to California. It is a member of the Salicaceae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as Bebb willow. Some home gardeners know the variety as S. rostrata. non Thuill. S. livida rostrata. (Richards.)Dipp. S. depressa rostrata. (Richards.)Hiitonen.

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Latin Name:  Salix bebbiana
Common Name:  Bebb willow
Family:  Salicaceae
Author:  Sarg.

Known Hazards:  None known

Mature Height:  7   Mature Width:

Habitat:  Moist rich soils along streams, lakes and swamps, but also forming dense thickets in open meadows[229]. Found at elevations up to 3000 metres[229].

Medicinal Information: A poultice of the chewed root inner bark has been applied to a deep cut[257]. The shredded inner bark has been used as sanitary napkins to 'heal a woman's insides'[257]. A poultice of the damp inner bark has been applied to the skin over a broken bone[257]. A decoction of the branches has been taken by women for several months after childbirth to increase the blood flow[257]. A poultice of the bark and sap has been applied as a wad to bleeding wounds[257]. The fresh bark of all members of this genus contains salicin[226], which probably decomposes into salicylic acid (closely related to aspirin) in the human body[213]. This is used as an anodyne and febrifuge[226].

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