Salix athabascensis

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Salix athabascensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species:
S. athabascensis
Binomial name
Salix athabascensis
Raup

Salix athabascensis is a species of willow first described by Hugh Miller Raup. [1] [2]

Range

It is found in fens, bogs, and treed bogs; from 0–1800 meters in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Yukon, and Alaska. [3]

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References

  1. Raup, 1930 In: Rhodora, 32: 111 (1930) 32: 111
  2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A.; Didžiulis V., eds. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. "Salix athabascensis in Flora of North America @". Efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.