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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 jepsonii – Jepson's willow; Salix arctica – Arctic willow; Herbaceous perennials and others Allium obtusum – Red Sierra onion, subalpine onion; Carex spp. – Sedges (see also Carex spp. "lower montane forest") Carex specifica – Narrowfruit sedge; Elymus violaceus, syn. Elymus sierrae; Erigeron aequifolius – Hall's daisy (sn ...
This category contains the native flora of Florida as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries).
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 ...
In the Cronquist system, the Salicaceae were assigned to their own order, Salicales, and contained three genera, Salix, Populus, and Chosenia (now a synonym of Salix). Recognized to be closely related to the Violaceae and Passifloraceae, the family is placed by the APG in the order Malpighiales.
It most commonly grows in the gullies formed by streams or the meltwater between snow patches that linger into early summer. Patches that grow in the shade of dwarf shrubs, mostly various Salix species, particularly Salix arctica, recall the species' sylvan beginnings. In the southern part of its range, it also occurs on the edges of, and just ...
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 reticulata, the net-leaved willow, [1] or snow willow, [2] is a dwarf willow, native to the colder parts of Europe, North America, and Northern Asia. It is found in the western United States ( Salix reticulata subsp. nivalis ), including the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains.