the willow family in Manitoba - the state of play...

In many Manitoba locations, willow family members are the dominant plants present, shaping the environment for the other organisms located there. VASCAN provides checklists of the plant species occur in each Canadian province including the willow family. Here is an overview of the Manitoba iNat data as of the end of November 2020 for each willow family species on their Manitoba checklist...

Salicaceae, willow family	1,079	40% RG

Populus - poplars, cottonwoods, aspens		579	57% RG

Populus tremuloides - Trembling aspen	tree, native	317	81% RG
Populus balsamifera - Balsam poplar	tree, native	91	48% RG
Populus deltoides - Eastern cottonwood	tree, native	83	25% RG
Populus alba - White poplar	tree, introduced	24	29% RG
Populus grandidentata - Bigtooth Aspen	tree, native	3	33% RG

Salix - willows		488	20% RG

Salix interior - Interior Sandbar Willow	shrub, native	103	66% RG
Salix discolor - American Pussy Willow	shrub, native	28	29% RG
Salix amygdaloides - Peachleaf Willow	tree or shrub, native	16	6% RG
Salix reticulata - Net-leaved Willow	shrub, native	13	69% RG
Salix petiolaris - Meadow Willow	shrub, native	9	0% RG
Salix candida - Hoary Willow	shrub, native	7	42% RG
Salix alba - White Willow	tree, introduced	6	0% RG
Salix bebbiana - Bebb's Willow	shrub, native	6	33% RG
Salix arctophila - Arctic Willow	shrub, native	5	100% RG
Salix eriocephala - Heart-leaved Willow	shrub, native	4	0% RG
Salix humilis - Prairie Willow	shrub, native	3	0% RG
Salix lucida - Shining Willow	shrub, native	3	0% RG
Salix scouleriana - Scouler's Willow	tree or shrub, native	3	0% RG
Salix calcicola - Lanate Willow	shrub, native	1	100% RG
Salix fuscescens - Alaska Bog Willow	shrub, native	1	100% RG
Salix glauca - Grey Willow	shrub, native	1	0% RG
Salix pedicellaris - Bog Willow	shrub, native	1	0% RG
Salix planifolia - Tea-leafed Willow	shrub, native	1	0% RG
Salix pyrifolia - Balsam Willow	shrub, native	1	0% RG
Salix serissima - Autumn Willow	shrub, native	1	0% RG
Salix × fragilis - Hybrid Crack Willow	tree, introduced	1	0% RG
Salix alaxensis - Alaska Willow	tree or shrub, native	0	-
Salix arbusculoides - Little-tree Willow	shrub, native	0	-
Salix athabascensis - Athabasca Willow	shrub, native	0	-
Salix brachycarpa - Short-fruit Willow	shrub, native	0	-
Salix famelica - (starved willow)	shrub, native	0	-
Salix herbacea - Least Willow	shrub, native	0	-
Salix lasiandra - Pacific Willow	tree or shrub, native	0	-
Salix maccalliana - McCalla's Willow	shrub, native	0	-
Salix myrtillifolia - Myrtle-leaf Willow	shrub, native	0	-
Salix pellita - Satiny Willow	shrub, native	0	-
Salix pentandra - Laurel Willow	shrub, introduced	0	-
Salix pseudomonticola - False Mountain Willow	shrub, native	0	-
Salix pseudomyrsinites (tall blueberry willow)	shrub, native	0	-
Salix richardsonii - Lanate Willow	shrub, native	0	-
Salix vestita - Rock willow	shrub, native	0	-