| Family | SALICACEAE |
| Genus species | Salix herbacea L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 1018 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic and Subalpine Europe, Subarctic America to ne. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | 0-3000m |
| Description | leaves crowded at apex of branchlets in pairs, minute, orbiculate, rounded, crenulate, glabrous, bright green, densely reticulate veined, catkins terminal, minute |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 fall |
| Synonyms | Ripselaxis herbacea (L.) Raf. Salix herbacea f. latifolia J.Rousseau & Rouleau Salix nivalis Schur Salix pumila Salisb. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUN North European Russia) 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, QUE Québec) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York) |