Salicaceae
Salix

Salix arctophila Cockerell

First published in A.Heller, Cat. N. Amer. Pl., ed. 3: 89 (1910)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic America, W. & E. Canada & NE. U.S.A. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Greenland, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2010). Flora of North America North of Mexico 7: 1-797. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Gillespie, L.J. & al. (2015). New vascular plant records for the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. PhytoKeys 52: 23-79.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2010). Flora of North America North of Mexico 7: 1-797. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Menzies, R.H. [s.n.] K004765709 Yes
Menzies, R.H. [s.n.] K004765704 Yes
Menzies, R.H. [30] K004765708 Yes
Menzies, R.H. [s.n.] K004765712 Yes
Menzies, R.H. [s.n.] K004765711 Yes
Menzies, R.H. [35] K004765713 Yes
Menzies, R.H. [s.n.] K004765707 Yes
Menzies, R.H. [s.n.] K004765705 Yes
Menzies, R.H. [s.n.] K004765706 Yes
Menzies, R.H. [s.n.] K004765710 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images