Salix calcicola
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| Salix calcicola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Genus: | Salix |
| Species: | S. calcicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Salix calcicola Fernald & Wiegand | |
Salix calcicola, known as limestone willow or woolly willow, is a species of willow native to the subarctic and Arctic regions of Canada, including Nunavut Islands, continental Nunavut, northern Quebec, Labrador. Arctic islands: Baffin, King William, Southampton, and Coats (Boothia Peninsula). [1][2]
It is a low growing shrub with usually ovate leaves and catkins that emerge in the early spring before the leaves emerge.[3]
The species has been treated as subspecies of Salix lanata, but it is not proven.[1]
