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Salix cordifolia Pursh  
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FamilySALICACEAE
Genus speciesSalix cordifolia Pursh 
BibliographyFl. Amer. Sept. 2: 611 (1814)
Native RangeSubarctic America to c. & e. Canada
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland and thickets
Descriptionbranchlets ascendent, pale brown, glabrous, leaves minute, ca. 2cm long, adaxially dark and nitid, abaxially pale, obovate or oblanceolate, acute, catkins 2-3cm, rather lax
Size30-75cm
Color
Bloomspring
Ca
Typeshrub
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed when ripe or as soon as possible
cuttings in early summer and in fall
SynonymsSalix 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
Territory7 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)
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