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Salix arctica Pall.
arctic willow
       
Symbol:   SAAR27  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Salicaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Subshrub
Shrub 		 
Native Status:  
L48    N
AK    N
CAN    N
GL    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 notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Salix arctica Pall.

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Synonyms:
Salix arctica Pall.

  SAAN5 Salix anglorum auct. non Cham.
  SAANA Salix anglorum Cham. var. antiplasta C.K. Schneid.
  SAANA2 Salix anglorum Cham. var. araioclada C.K. Schneid.
  SAANK Salix anglorum Cham. var. kophophylla C.K. Schneid.
  SAAR16 Salix arctica R. Br. ex Richardson, non Pall.
  SAARC Salix arctica Pall. ssp. crassijulis (Trautv.) Skvort.
  SAART Salix arctica Pall. ssp. tortulosa (Trautv.) Hultén
  SAARA Salix arctica Pall. var. antiplasta (C.K. Schneid.) Fernald
  SAARA2 Salix arctica Pall. var. araioclada (C.K. Schneid.) Raup
  SAARB Salix arctica Pall. var. brownei Andersson
  SAARK Salix arctica Pall. var. kophophylla (C.K. Schneid.) Polunin
  SAARP3 Salix arctica Pall. var. pallasii (Andersson) Kurtz
  SAART2 Salix arctica Pall. var. tortulosa (Trautv.) Raup
  SABR15 Salix brownei (Andersson) Bebb
  SACR5 Salix crassijulis Trautv.
  SAHU4 Salix hudsonensis C.K. Schneid.
  SAPA18 Salix pallasii Andersson
  SAPAC2 Salix pallasii Andersson var. crassijulis (Trautv.) Andersson
  SATO3 Salix tortulosa Trautv.
 

Distribution:
Salix arctica Pall.

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USA (AK, ID, MT, OR, VT, WA), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, YT), DEN (GL)
 

Related Taxa:
Salix arctica Pall.

View 2 genera in Salicaceae, 170 species in Salix
 

Classification:
Salix arctica Pall.

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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 arctica Pall. – arctic willow
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Salix arctica Pall.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO OBL* FACW FAC FACW FAC NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Salix arctica Pall.

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 565479.

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

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.
 
 
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