''Salix bonplandiana'' (Bonpland willow), ( es, ahuejote, ''sauce'', '' ahujote'', and ''huejote''),
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species of

willow Willows, also called sallows and osiers, from the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997. The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press #2: Cambridge. of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist so ...

tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...

native to southern and southwest

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and extending into central

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; in western Mexico it is a tree of the

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cordillera, but also occurring in other small locales, for example

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, northern

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, San Luis Potosi, etc. A core disjunct area occurs in central and southeast

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, in advantageous locales, especially associated with higher elevations and water.

Distribution

In Mexico, the Bonpland willow is associated with the Pacific Coast, and in southern Mexico, the range extends into internal mountain areas of Pacific, central-southwest

. Across southern Mexico, it is a species of the

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ( es, Eje Volcánico Transversal), also known as the Transvolcanic Belt and locally as the (''Snowy Mountain Range''), is an active volcanic belt that covers central-southern Mexico. Several of its highest peaks h ...

, and has its range extension on the Pacific, west from the west of the Volcanic Belt, and then north into the

cordillera. In the cordillera, the range ends in southwest

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, but is disjunct in a large area of central

, the Mogollon Rim–

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and extending into the

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southeastwards, including mountain-related isolated locales in the bootheel of extreme southwest

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Albuquerque metropolitan area, Tiguex , Offi ...

Identical ranges of ''S. bonplandiana'', ''S. taxifolia''

Both ''S. bonplandiana'', and '' S. taxifolia'' have identical ranges; both species range from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt southward, on an imaginary centerline into central

. Each is on the Pacific Coast, but leave the

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before the range extension into central Guatemala. Both have their disjunct ranges in Arizona, both being in the

region. Both also range into

, but ''S. taxifolia'' only at the extreme south. The other differences between the two are ''S. taxofolia'' occurs in minor locales of the

Sierra Madre Oriental The Sierra Madre Oriental () is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico. The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that f ...

cordillera, and ''S. bonplandiana'' occurs in the Sierra Madre Occidental cordillera northwest to southwest

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. ''S. taxifolia'' occurs west of the Occidental cordillera in the south Pacific Coast north to southern

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–southwest Durango. ''S. bonplandiana'' has a few locales on the

Mexican Plateau The Central Mexican Plateau, also known as the Mexican Altiplano ( es, Altiplanicie Mexicana), is a large arid-to-semiarid plateau that occupies much of northern and central Mexico. Averaging above sea level, it extends from the United States b ...

, (with both occurring in central

, west of

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). Other minor locale differences occur in central

, far west

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, and

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References

External links

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Lady Bird Johnson database
* Spanish:

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