| Family | SALICACEAE |
| Genus species | Salix atra Rydb. |
| Bibliography | Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 272 (1899) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to w. & sc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | branch ascendent, dark brown, in youth lanate, leaves minute, 1-3cm, broadly oblanceolate, acute, long white hirsute, glabrescent, catkins 2-3cm long, dense |
| Size | 20-45cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | spring |
| 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 in fall |
| Synonyms | Salix arctica var. subcordata (Andersson) C.K.Schneid. Salix desertorum var. elata Andersson Salix glauca ssp. glabrescens (Andersson) Hultén Salix glauca var. glabrescens (Andersson) C.K.Schneid. Salix glauca var. kenosha (Kelso) Kelso Salix glauca var. pseudolapponum (Seemen) Kelso Salix glauca var. subincurva (E.H.Kelso) Kelso Salix glauca var. villosa Andersson Salix glauca ssp. villosa (Andersson) E.Murray Salix glaucops Andersson Salix glaucops var. glabrescens Andersson Salix glaucops var. villosa (Andersson) Andersson Salix glaucosericea Flod. Salix nudescens Rydb. Salix pseudolapponum Seemen Salix pseudolapponum var. kenosha Kelso Salix pseudolapponum var. subincurvum E.H.Kelso Salix seemannii Rydb. Salix subcordata Andersson Salix vacciniiformis Rydb. Salix villosa D.Don ex Hook. Salix wolfii var. pseudolapponum (Seemen) M.E.Jones |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |