Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix cordifolia Pursh |
Bibliography | Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 611 (1814) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to c. & e. Canada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | branchlets ascendent, pale brown, glabrous, leaves minute, ca. 2cm long, adaxially dark and nitid, abaxially pale, obovate or oblanceolate, acute, catkins 2-3cm, rather lax |
Size | 30-75cm |
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Bloom | spring |
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Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in early summer and in fall |
Synonyms | Salix anamesa C.K.Schneid. Salix arctica var. cordifolia (Pursh) Dippel Salix barclayi var. latiuscula (Andersson) Andersson Salix callicarpaea Trautv. Salix callicarpaea f. acutifolia Lagerkranz Salix callicarpaea f. ameralikensis Lagerkranz Salix callicarpaea f. tomentosa Lagerkranz Salix cordifolia f. atra C.K.Schneid. Salix cordifolia var. callicarpaea (Trautv.) Fernald Salix cordifolia ssp. callicarpaea (Trautv.) Á.Löve Salix cordifolia var. eucycla Fernald Salix cordifolia f. hypoprionota C.K.Schneid. Salix cordifolia var. intonsa Fernald Salix cordifolia var. macounii (Rydb.) C.K.Schneid. Salix cordifolia f. tonsa (Fernald) Polunin Salix cordifolia var. tonsa Fernald Salix cordifolia var. typica Fernald Salix depressa F.Dietr. Salix glauca ssp. callicarpaea (Trautv.) Böcher Salix glauca var. callicarpaea (Trautv.) Argus Salix glauca var. cordifolia (Pursh) Dorn Salix glauca f. cordifolia (Pursh) I.V.Belyaeva Salix glauca f. glabrescens Lange Salix glauca f. longifolia Rosenv. Salix glauca var. macouníí (Rydb.) B.Boivin Salix labradorica Rydb. Salix latiuscula Andersson Salix macounii Rydb. Salix rydbergii A.Heller |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories) 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) |