| Salix argyrocarpa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Genus: | Salix |
| Species: | S. argyrocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Salix argyrocarpa | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Salix argyrocarpa is a species of willow native to northeastern North America. [2]
Salix argyrocarpa grows as a shrub [3] and can sometimes form clones by layering. [4] The branches are red to brown in color with little to no hair. [4] The leaves generally lack functioning stipules and are narrow and elliptic, oblong, or oblanceolate in shape, measuring 25–65 by 7–15 millimetres (0.98 in–2.56 in × 0.28 in–0.59 in). [4] The catkins flower in June to early August as the leaves emerge, and the capsules measure 2–4 millimetres (0.079–0.157 in). [4]
Salix argyrocarpa grows naturally in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut (on the Belcher Islands [4] ), Maine, and New Hampshire. [2] It inhabits wet areas, including floodplains, edges of lakes and streams, and snowbeds, as well as subarctic and subalpine habitats. [4] It prefers granitic, sandstone, and limestone soils. [4]
The species hybridizes naturally with Salix herbacea , S. pedicellaris , and S. planifolia . [4]
Common names include Labrador willow [5] [6] and Northern willow. [1] The plant also has several taxonomic synonyms. [2]
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