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Label

Accession No. 00022 
Family Salicaceae 
Species Salix arctica Liebm., non Pall.
Collector Information J.G. Harris  (1764)  09 August 1983
Geography Greenland,  , 
Lat./Long. 69°  12' 0.01" N, 51°  4 ' 0.01" W at 98 feet (29 m)
Locality Sermermiut area S of Ilulissat (Jakobshavn). 
Ecology heath tundra. 

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Salix arctophila Cockerell ex Heller
     Salix arctica Liebm., non Pallas
     Salix arctica var. antiplasta (Schneid.) Fern.
     Salix arctica var. araioclada (Schneid.) Raup
     Salix arctica var. brownei Anderss.
     Salix arctica var. caespitosa (Kennedy) L. Kelso
     Salix arctica var. graminifolia (E.H. Kelso) L. Kelso
     Salix arctica var. kophophylla (Schneid.) Polunin
     Salix arctica var. pallasii (Anderss.) Kurtz
     Salix arctica var. petraea (Anderss.) Bebb
     Salix arctica var. petrophila (Rydb.) L. Kelso
     Salix arctophila var. lejocarpa (Anderss.) Schneid.
     Salix groenlandica Lundstr., non Heer
     Salix groenlandica var. lejocarpa (Anderss.) Lange

Common Name(s): arctic willow, northern willow, arctic willow.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=22481, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Dilleniidae
                            Order: Salicales
                                Family: Salicaceae
                                    Genus: Salix
                                        Species: Salix arctophila
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 00022s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 00010s1.jpg 
00010
 specimen image: 08073s1.jpg 
08073
 specimen image: 08108s1.jpg 
08108
 specimen image: 09798s1.jpg 
09798
specimen image: 09825s1.jpg 
09825
 specimen image: 09825f1.jpg 
09825

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
00019 Alopecurus alpinus      "boreal alopecurus" same section
00015 Antennaria ekmaniana      "Ekman's pussytoes" same section
01180 Arnica alpina     same section
00031 Campanula rotundifolia      "bluebell bellflower" same section
00017 Cerastium alpinum  ssp. lanatum   "alpine chickweed" same section
00028 Draba cinerea      "grayleaf draba" same section
00002 Eriophorum scheuchzeri      "white cottongrass" same section
00030 Pedicularis lanata      "woolly lousewort" same section
00034 Polygonum viviparum      "alpine bistort" same section
00033 Potentilla rubricaulis      "red-stemmed cinquefoil" same section
00020 Pyrola grandiflora      "large-flowered wintergreen" same section
00010 Salix arctica     same section
00032 Saxifraga nivalis      "alpine saxifrage" same section
00029 Saxifraga tricuspidata      "three-toothed saxifrage" same section
00039 Stellaria longipes  var. monantha   "meadow starwort" same section
00006 Viscaria alpina     same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name

Links

Taxon Links for species Salix arctica  Liebm., non Pall.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Salix+arctica

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