Biology:Salix vestita

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Short description: Salix vestita common name

Salix vestita
Salix vestita(01).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species:
S. vestita
Binomial name
Salix vestita
Pursh

Salix vestita, the rock willow, is a small shrub in the willow genus (Salix).[1][2][3][4]

Range

Salix vestita is an ancient species, found on both sides of the Bering Strait. Its distribution includes a series of isolated, disjunct populations in Central Siberia, the northern Rocky Mountains, the west coast of Hudson Bay, and the northeastern arctic and subarctic. Occurrence in Nunavut is on Akpatok Island in Ungava Bay and on the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay. It may be extirpated in Washington.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15230936 entry