Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix arctophila Cockerell |
Synonyms | Salix groenlandica (Andersson) Lundstr. |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 40-600m |
Description | branchlets glabrous, leaves petiolate, elliptic to oblanceolate, cuneate, subentire, acute, glaucous, glabrous, dense, subspherical, bracts brownish black |
Size | 3-15cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | decumbent shrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed 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) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SALICACEAE
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