Salicaceae
Salix

Salix arctica Pall.

First published in Fl. Ross. 1(2): 86 (1788)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic to Xinjiang and NW. U.S.A. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, British Columbia, Buryatiya, East European Russia, Føroyar, Greenland, Iceland, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Tuva, Washington, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yukon

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Skvortsov, A.K. (1999). Willows of Russia and Adjacent Countries: 1-307. University of Joensuu.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea 1: 53-66. Cambridge University Press.

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.
  • Hultén, E.O.G. (1960). Flora of the Aleutian Islands and westernmost Alaska Peninsula: with notes on the flora of Commander Islands, ed. 2: 1-376. Weinheim : J. Cramer ; New York : Hafner Pub. Co.
  • Skvortsov, A.K. (1999). Willows of Russia and Adjacent Countries: 1-307. University of Joensuu.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Malte, M.O. [121033] Canada K004673735 Yes
MacGregor, W. [s.n.] Canada K004673721 Yes
Malte, M.O. [118615] Canada K004673741 Yes
[P. Feuclen] [191] Canada K004673739 Yes
Malte, M.O. [118629] Canada K004673720 Yes
[H.A. Turner] [s.n.] K004673729 Yes
Hart, H.C. [124] K004673726 Yes
Malte, M.O. [118707] Canada K004673719 Yes
MacGregor, W. [s.n.] Canada K004673722 Yes
Allen, J.A. [6] Canada K004673731 Yes
[Miss Brenton] [s.n.] Canada K004673724 Yes
[Capt. Feilden] [s.n.] K004673725 Yes
[H.A. Turner] [s.n.] K004673730 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004673736 Yes
Malte, M.O. [118607] Canada K004673740 Yes
[Mr. Beverley] [s.n.] K004673738 Yes
Malte, M.O. [118810] Canada K004673732 Yes
[Miss Brenton] [s.n.] Canada K004673723 Yes
Malte, M.O. [118709] Canada K004673733 Yes
Malte, M.O. [118697] Canada K004673717 Yes
Malte, M.O. [121031] Canada K004673734 Yes
Allen, J.A. [1] Canada K004673727 Yes
Lyall (Dr) [s.n.] K004673728 Yes
[Mr. Beverley] [s.n.] K004673737 Yes
Malte, M.O. [120321] Canada K004673718 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