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Taxon: Salix arctica Pall.

Genus: Salix
Family: Salicaceae.
Nomen number: 102715
Place of publication: Fl. ross. 1(2):86. 1789 ("1788")
Name verified on: 29-Oct-2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 24-Feb-2009
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 6 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


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:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • 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:


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
  • Google Images 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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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?102715 (09 February 2010)

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