Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix cascadensis Cockerell |
Bibliography | Muhlenbergia 3: 9 (1907) |
Native Range | w. Canada to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 2200-3900m |
Description | rooting, leaves narrowly elliptic to obovate, 1-2cm long, acute, entire, cuneate, on both faces pale green, catkins erect, cylindrical, to 3cm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in early summer and fall |
Synonyms | Salix brownii var. tenera M.E.Jones Salix cascadensis var. thompsonii Brayshaw |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |