Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix dodgeana Rydb. |
Bibliography | Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 277 (1899) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-3200m |
Description | glabrous, stems thin, short, subterranean, leaves 4-5mm, oval or oblong, acute or obtuse, pale green, distinctly veined, catkins 2-4-flowered, bracts oblong, truncate |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer and in fall |
Synonyms | Salix rotundifolia var. dodgeana (Rydb.) E.Murray Salix rotundifolia ssp. dodgeana (Rydb.) Argus |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) |