Salix brachycarpa Nutt.


Family	SALICACEAE
Genus species	Salix brachycarpa Nutt.
Synonyms	Salix stricta (Andersson) Rydb.
Habitat	scree
Description	branchlets yellowish, leaves oval to obovate, 1-2cm long, acute, shortly petiolate, entire, on both faces grey-green, hirsute, catkins spherical, 15-20mm broad
Size	50-100cm
Color
Bloom	spring
Ca	+
Type	erect shrub
Cultivation	gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun
Propagation	seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in early summer and fall
Territory	Northern America Subarctic America (Nunavut , Northwest Territories ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	SALICACEAE Salix brachycarpa Nutt., N. Amer. Sylv. [Nuttall] 1: 69 (1842) ============================================================================= brachycarpa typica ined. Synonyms: Salix brachycarpa alticola E.H.Kelso Salix brachycarpa antimima (C.K.Schneid.) Raup Salix brachycarpa glabellicarpa C.K.Schneid. Salix brachycarpa sansonii C.R.Ball Salix chlorolepis antimima C.K.Schneid. Salix desertorum fruticulosa Andersson Salix desertorum stricta Andersson Salix stricta (Andersson) Rydb. Subarctic America, w. Canada, w. USA, New Mexico 70 NUN NWT 71 ABT BRC MAN 73 COL MNT ORE WAS WYO 76 CAL UTA 77 NWM brachycarpa psammophila Raup, J. Arnold Arbor. 17: 230 (1936) Saskatchewan (Lake Athabaska) 71 SAS