Taxon: Salix arctica Pall.

Common names:

• Arctic willow   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• tundra willow   (Source: F Svalbard ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; G. Argus, pers. comm. 1998, doesn't survive well outside arctic)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Taymyr, Yakutia-Sakha, Yamal Nenets
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Kamchatka, Magadan
  China: China - Xinjiang
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Iceland; Svalbard and Jan Mayen
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part [n. & e.]
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: Greenland; United States - Alaska
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [w.], Idaho, Montana [w.], Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Utah

References:

• Argus, G. W. 1973. The genus Salix in Alaska and the Yukon. 81.
• Dorn, R. D. 1977. Willows of the Rocky Mountain states. Rhodora 79:412.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). (Krussmann)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Rønning, O. I. 1996. The flora of Svalbard. (F Svalbard)
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. (F Eur ed2)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

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Synonyms:

• (=) Salix petrophila Rydb.
  

Check other databases for Salix arctica Pall.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Salix arctica cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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