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Salix arctophila Cockerell  
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FamilySALICACEAE
Genus speciesSalix arctophila Cockerell 
SynonymsSalix groenlandica (Andersson) Lundstr.
Habitattundra
Altitude40-600m
Descriptionbranchlets glabrous, leaves petiolate, elliptic to oblanceolate, cuneate, subentire, acute, glaucous, glabrous, dense, subspherical, bracts brownish black
Size3-15cm
Color
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca
Typedecumbent shrub
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed when ripe or as soon as possible
cuttings in early summer and in fall
Territory Northern America
     Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon )
     Western Canada (Manitoba , Saskatchewan )
     Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Ontario , Québec )
     Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

SALICACEAE

Salix arctophila Cockerell, Cat. N. Amer. Pl. [A.Heller] ed. 3: 89 (1910)

Synonyms:
Salix arctica groenlandica Andersson
Salix arctophila leiocarpa (Andersson) C.K.Schneid.
Salix groenlandica (Andersson) Lundstr.
Salix groenlandica leiocarpa Andersson

Subarctic America, Canada, Maine
70 ASK GNL NWT NUN YUK 71 MAN SAS 72 LAB NFL ONT QUE 75 MAI

40-600m

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