| Salix tschuktschorum Skvortz. | |||
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| Family | Salicaceae — APG family: Salicaceae | ||
| Synonyms | Salix berberifolia | ||
| Description | Glabrous dwarf shrub, densely covered with marcescent leaves at base; leaves elliptical, shiny, with prominent veins and serrated or spinulose margin; catkins on leafy peduncles, up to 4 cm long; bracts brown, with long white hairs; capsules glabrous or pubescent. Similar to S. phlebophylla (no. 5), but easily recognized by the serrated leaves. | ||
| Ecology | Arctic and alpine lichen and moss tundra. Described from Chukchi Peninsula. |
This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.