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Salix stolonifera
Salix stolonifera Coville
Creeping Willow, Sprouting Leaf Willow
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Synonym(s):
USDA Symbol: SAST2
USDA Native Status: AK (N), CAN (N)
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Subshrub , Shrub
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 4 inches tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Yellow , Green , Purple , BrownBloom Time: Jun , Jul
Bloom Notes: Flowers inconspicuous. Bloom color represents color of floral bracts on catkins or color of anthers.
Distribution
USA: AKCanada: AB , BC , YT
Native Habitat: Arctic, subarctic and alpine, wet sedge meadows, hummocky tundra, raised center polygons, Dryas-willow-sedge tundra, Dryas mats on dry ridge tops.
Web Reference
Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Additional resources
USDA: Find Salix stolonifera in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Salix stolonifera in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Salix stolonifera
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-11-16Research By: CBR