PLANTS Profile for Salix nivalis (snow willow)

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PLANTS Profile

Salix nivalis Hook.
snow willow

Symbol:

SANI8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Salicaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Margaret Williams. Courtesy of Nevada Native Plant Society. ©Nevada Native Plant Society. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Salix nivalis Hook.

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Synonyms:
Salix nivalis Hook.

	SANIS	Salix nivalis Hook. var. saximontana (Rydb.) C.K. Schneid.
	SAREN	Salix reticulata L. ssp. nivalis (Hook.) Á. Löve & D. Löve & Kapoor
	SAREN2	Salix reticulata L. var. nana (Hook.) Andersson
	SAREN3	Salix reticulata L. var. nivalis (Hook.) Andersson
	SARES	Salix reticulata L. var. saximontana (Rydb.) L. Kelso
	SASA13	Salix saximontana Rydb.
	SAVE8	Salix venusta Andersson
	SAVEN	Salix vestita Pursh var. nana Hook.

Distribution:
Salix nivalis Hook.


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USA (CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)

Related Taxa:
Salix nivalis Hook.

View 2 genera in Salicaceae, 170 species in Salix

Classification:
Salix nivalis Hook.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Salicales
Family	Salicaceae – Willow family
Genus	Salix L. – willow
Species	Salix nivalis Hook. – snow willow

More Accounts and Images:
Salix nivalis Hook.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 520861.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 06:53 PM CDT