Salix herbacea
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Dwarf willow
)
| Salix herbacea | |
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| Female plant with red fruits | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Genus: | Salix |
| Species: | S. herbacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Salix herbacea | |
Salix herbacea, the dwarf willow, least willow or snowbed willow, is a species of tiny creeping
North Atlantic Ocean
, it is one of the smallest woody plants.
Distribution
Salix herbacea is adapted to survive in harsh environments, and has a wide distribution on both sides of the North Atlantic, in arctic northwest Asia, northern Europe, Greenland, and eastern Canada, and further south on high mountains, south to the Pyrenees, the northern Apennines, the Alps and the Rila in Europe, and the northern Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. It grows in tundra and rocky moorland, usually at over 1,500 metres (5,000 feet) elevation in the south of its range but down to sea level in the Arctic.[1][2][3]
Description
The dwarf willow is one of the smallest
Apennines in Italy are at least 2000 years old.[7]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-901158-07-0.
- ^ a b Salicaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Salix herbacea
- ^ "Salix herbacea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ISBN 978-1408179505.
- ISBN 9780521707725.
- PMC 2990663.
- .
External links
Media related to Salix herbacea at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Salix herbacea at Wikispecies
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