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: Drummond willow occurs in the Yukon Territory, Alberta, British Columbia, east of the Cascades in Washington, Montana, Wallowa and Steens Mountains in Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. Moose consume large amounts of Drummond willow during the winter, while use by other ungulates is generally light. It is used by elk and white-tailed Beaver prefer willows as food and building material. Ducks and grouse, other birds, and small mammals eat willow shoots, catkins, buds and leaves. Red-naped sapsuckers, warblers, humming birds, chipmunks, and red squirrels also use Drummond willow. hardwood cutting blocks or stooling beds. Plant Materials Technical Note 38. USDA, NRCS. Spokane, WA. Hayes, D.W. and G.A Garrison. 1960. Key to important woody plants of eastern Oregon and Washington. Agriculture Handbook 148. USDA. US Gov't. Printing Office. Washington, D.C. Hitchcock, C.L. and A. Cronquist 1964. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. Part 2: Salicaceae to Saxifragaceae. Seattle, WA: Univ. of Washington Hoag, J.C. September, 1993. How to plant willows and cottonwoods for riparian rehabilitation. Plant Materials Technical Note 23. USDA, SCS. Boise, Lambert, S.M. January, 1989. Streamside . Plant Materials Technical Note 12 (Revised). USDA, NRCS. Spokane, WA. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Laboratory (2003, January). Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis [January 6, 2003]. Uchytil, R.J. 1991 Salix drummondianaUSDA, Forest Service Fire Effects Information System Database. http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis [January 6, 2003]. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory, Missoula, Montana USDA, NRCS. 2003. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 http://plants.usda.gov. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490
Wayne Crowder, USDA, NRCS, Plant Materials Center, Pullman, Washington