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Salix calcicola

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Salix calcicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species:
S. calcicola
Binomial name
Salix calcicola
Fernald & Wiegand

Salix calcicola, known as limestone willow or woolly willow, is a species of willow native to the subarctic and Arctic regions of Canada, including Nunavut Islands, continental Nunavut, northern Quebec, Labrador. Arctic islands: Baffin, King William, Southampton, and Coats (Boothia Peninsula). [1][2]

It is a low growing shrub with usually ovate leaves and catkins that emerge in the early spring before the leaves emerge.[3]

The species has been treated as subspecies of Salix lanata, but it is not proven.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago - Salix calcicola Fernald and Wieg". nature.ca.
  2. ^ "Plants Profile for Salix calcicola (woolly willow)". plants.usda.gov.
  3. ^ "Salix calcicola in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.