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S. arctica is typically a low shrub growing to only 15 centimetres (6 inches) in height, rarely to 25 cm (10 in), although it may reach 50 cm (20 in) in height in the Pacific Northwest. [4] It has round, shiny green leaves 1–4 cm ( 1 ⁄ 2 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and 6 cm ( 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) broad; they are pubescent, with long, silky, silvery ...
Salix arctica Pall. – Arctic willow; Salix babylonica L. – Babylon willow, Peking willow or weeping willow; Salix bebbiana Sarg. – beaked willow, long-beaked willow, or Bebb's willow; Salix caprea L. – goat willow or pussy willow; Salix cinerea L. – grey willow; Salix discolor Muhl. – American pussy willow or glaucous willow
Arctic vegetation is largely controlled by the mean temperature in July, the warmest month. Arctic vegetation occurs in the tundra climate, where trees cannot grow.Tundra climate has two boundaries: the snow line, where permanent year-round snow and ice are on the ground, and the tree line, where the climate becomes warm enough for trees to grow. [7]
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In a few low-lying, protected areas there can be small stands of Arctic willow (Salix arctica), Dryas species, and low-growing purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia), Kobresia species and arctic poppy (Papaver radicatum).
Salix acutifolia Willd. – violet willow; Salix aegyptiaca L. Salix aeruginosa E.Carranza; Salix alatavica Kar. ex Stschegl. Salix alaxensis (Andersson) Coville – Alaska willow; Salix alba L. – white willow; Salix alexii-skvortzovii A.P.Khokhr. Salix alpina Scop. – alpine willow; Salix amplexicaulis Bory & Chaub. Salix amygdaloides ...
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Salix arctica; Salix herbacea; Salix lanata; Salix polaris; Saxifraga cernua; Saxifraga cespitosa; Saxifraga flagellaris; Saxifraga oppositifolia; Saxifraga rivularis; Schistidium poeltii; Silene acaulis; Sphagnum fimbriatum; Sphagnum squarrosum; Sphagnum wulfianum; The Structure and Biology of Arctic Flowering Plants; Flora of Svalbard