{"id":554,"date":"2020-05-06T15:59:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T22:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/?p=554"},"modified":"2020-05-06T15:59:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T22:59:19","slug":"willows-at-msh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/willows-at-msh\/","title":{"rendered":"Willows at MSH!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/MSHwillows1-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/MSHwillows1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/MSHwillows1.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Healthy willow growth alongside a young stream at Mount St. Helens. Photo by Carri LeRoy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Willows, Salix species, are a common riparian plant across the globe and are a key early successional species. Willows are known to increase water quality and stabilize banks, so it is not hard to believe they are a dominant riparian plant on the Pumice Plain of Mount St. Helens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/MSHwillows2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/MSHwillows2.png 624w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/MSHwillows2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption>Willows on the Pumice Plain (Salix sitchensis) are dioecious \u2013 meaning they have male and female individuals. Here you can see them tagged with blue and pink flagging. Photo by Carri LeRoy <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Willows are a dioecious species (they have both male and female individual shrubs) that play a vital role in understanding ecological interactions across the Pumice Plain. Our lab has documented plant sex ratios, colonization locations, and chemical differences among willow populations to understand primary succession. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/MSHwillows3-300x224.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/MSHwillows3-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/MSHwillows3.png 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Female Sitka willow need to produce costly flowers and fruits. This might be one reason they colonize closer to streamsides. Photo by Angie Froedin-Morgensen <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, a high proportion of riparian plants are dioecious. We are working to understand what advantages there are to having male and female separation along streamsides in particular. In our system, females colonize closer to streams \u2013 maybe higher resource availability for producing flowers? Stay tuned for tomorrow\u2019s post about our latest paper regarding willow sex differences at Mount St. Helens!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willows, Salix species, are a common riparian plant across the globe and are a key early successional species. Willows are known to increase water quality and stabilize banks, so it is not hard to believe they are a dominant riparian plant on the Pumice Plain of Mount St. Helens. 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