Biology:Salix uva-ursi

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Salicaceae

Salix uva-ursi
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In the White Mountain National Forest
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Seeding
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species:
S. uva-ursi
Binomial name
Salix uva-ursi
Synonyms[1]

Salix uva-ursi, the bearberry willow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, native to subarctic and subalpine parts of northeastern North America and Greenland.[1][2] A prostrate shrub, the extreme southern edge of its range is high in the mountains of northern New England.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q17562974 entry