| Family | SALICACEAE |
| Genus species | Salix nivalis Hook. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 152 (1838) |
| Native Range | w. Canada to w. USA and New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1900-4000m |
| Description | leaves oval or orbiculate, glabrous, entire, adaxially deep greene, abaxially glaucous, catkins 1cm long, few flowered, shortly hirsute |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | 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 fall |
| Synonyms | Salix nivalis var. saximontana (Rydb.) C.K.Schneid. Salix reticulata var. nana (Hook.) Andersson Salix reticulata ssp. nivalis (Hook.) Á.Löve & al. Salix reticulata var. nivalis (Hook.) Andersson Salix reticulata var. saximontana (Rydb.) Kelso Salix saximontana Rydb. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |