Salix arctophila Cockerell ex A. Heller

Gillespie, Lynn J., Saarela, Jeffery M., Sokoloff, Paul C. & Bull, Roger D., 2015, New vascular plant records for the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, PhytoKeys 52, pp. 23-79 : 55

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.8721

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/001067E2-0BD6-8517-DDC2-D82E7F3FFC3F

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scientific name

Salix arctophila Cockerell ex A. Heller
status

 

Salix arctophila Cockerell ex A. Heller

Common name.

Northern willow

Distribution.

Arctic North America

Comments.

This is the first record of this species for the western CAA. This sub-Arctic-low Arctic species is distributed from northeastern Alaska to Greenland and south to Maine in the alpine zone ( Argus 2007). Its range on the Northwest Territories mainland extends to the coast immediately adjacent to where we collected it at Oterkvik Point ( Porsild and Cody 1980, Argus 2007). Previous collections in the Arctic Islands have only been made on Baffin Island and Southampton Island in the eastern CAA ( Aiken et al. 2007).

Specimen examined.

Canada. Nunavut: Kitikmeot Region, Victoria Island, Oterkvik Point vicinity, 9-10 km N of Coronation Gulf coast, 12-13 km N of point, 68°36'23"N, 112°34'7"W, 50-60 m, 4 July 2008, Gillespie, Saarela, Consaul & Bull 7511 (CAN-592250, O, ALA, MT).

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Salicaceae

Genus

Salix