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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 ...
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 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
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.
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Arctica was an ancient continent that formed in the Neoarchean era. Arctica or Arktika may also refer to: Arctica, a bivalve genus in the family Arcticidae "Arctica" (song), a single by Amberian Dawn; 1031 Arctica, a dark asteroid; Arktika (1972 nuclear icebreaker) Arktika-class icebreakers, a class of Soviet and later Russian nuclear icebreakers