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FamilySALICACEAE
Genus speciesSalix glauca L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 1019 (1753)
Native RangeSubarctic to North Korea
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitattundra
Descriptionleaves oblanceolate, 3-8cm, acute, entire, grey hirsute, in time adaxially dark green, shortly petiolate, catkins cylindrical, to 6cm long, bracts yellow-brown, hirsute
Size30-100cm
Color
Bloomspring
Ca
Typeshrub
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed when ripe or as soon as possible
cuttings in early summer and fall
SynonymsOisidix glauca (L.) Raf.
Salix albida Schleich. ex Ser.
Salix amandae Andersson
Salix appendiculata Vahl
Salix eleagnoides Schleich. ex Ser.
Salix glauca var appenndiculata Wahlenb.
Salix glauca var. densiflora Behm
Salix glauca var. incana (L.) Bolzon
Salix glauca var. latifolia Regel & Tiling
Salix glauca var. seemanii Ostenf.
Salix glauca var. subglabra Regel & Tiling
Salix lapponum var. glauca (L.) Bolzon
Salix macrocarpa Trautv.
Salix melanolepis Trautv.
Salix parvifolia Andersson
Salix sericea Vill.
Salix sericeocinerea Nakai
Salix sericeocinerea f. lanata (Nakai) W.Lee
Salix sericeocinerea var. lanata Nakai
Salix tomentosa Host
Salix wichurae Andersson
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden)
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, SWI Switzerland)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan)
     36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
     38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea)
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