Salix commutata

Undergreen willow
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Salix
Species:	S. commutata
Binomial name
	Salix commutata; Bebb
Synonyms
	Salix barclayi var. commutata (Bebb) Kelso; Salix commutata var. denudata Bebb; Salix commutata subsp. mixta Piper; Salix commutata var. puberula Bebb; Salix commutata var. sericea Bebb;

Salix commutata, the undergreen willow,^[3] is a plant species native to western Canada and the north-western United States. It has been reported from Alaska, Yukon, the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana, Idaho. Washington and Oregon. It grows on rocky alpine and subalpine slopes, conifer forests, stream banks, bogs, etc.^[4]^[5]

Salix commutata is a shrub up to 3 m tall. Leaves are elliptic to ovate, up to 10 cm long, sometimes with a few teeth, both sides with some white hairs but not glaucous (waxy).^[4]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

References[edit]

^ Maiz-Tome, L. (2016). "Salix commutata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T64324271A67730797. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64324271A67730797.en. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
^ The Plant List
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Salix commutata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b Flora of North America v 7 p 105
^ Porsild, A. E. & W. Cody. 1980. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northwest Territories Canada i–viii, 1–607. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa.
^ Bebb, Michael Schuck. 1888. Botanical Gazette 13(5): 110–111.
^ Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory i–xvii, 1–669. NRC Research Press, Ottawa.
^ Hitchcock, C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1984. Salicaceae to Saxifragaceae. Part II: 1–597. In C. L. Hitchcock Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle.
^ Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
^ Welsh, S. L. 1974. Anderson's Flora of Alaska and Adjacent Parts of Canada i–xvi, 1–724. Brigham Young University Press, Provo.

External links[edit]

Media related to Salix commutata at Wikimedia Commons
Salix commutata in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
"Salix eastwoodiae". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.
"Salix commutata". Plants for a Future.

[iucn-1] Maiz-Tome, L. (2016). "Salix commutata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T64324271A67730797. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64324271A67730797.en. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

[2] The Plant List

[3] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Salix commutata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

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[5] Porsild, A. E. & W. Cody. 1980. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northwest Territories Canada i–viii, 1–607. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa.

[6] Bebb, Michael Schuck. 1888. Botanical Gazette 13(5): 110–111.

[7] Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory i–xvii, 1–669. NRC Research Press, Ottawa.

[8] Hitchcock, C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1984. Salicaceae to Saxifragaceae. Part II: 1–597. In C. L. Hitchcock Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle.

[9] Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.

[10] Welsh, S. L. 1974. Anderson's Flora of Alaska and Adjacent Parts of Canada i–xvi, 1–724. Brigham Young University Press, Provo.

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