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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = Polar Willow<br /> | image = polarwillow1.jpg<br /> | image_width = 250px<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Malpighiales]]<br /> | familia = [[Salicaceae]]<br /> | genus = ''[[Willow|Salix]]''<br /> | species = '''''S. polaris'''''<br /> | binomial = ''Salix polaris''<br /> | binomial_authority = [[Göran Wahlenberg|Wahlenb.]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> The '''Polar Willow''' (''Salix polaris'') is a species of [[willow]] with a [[circumpolar]] distribution in the high [[arctic]] [[tundra]], extending north to the limits of land, and south of the arctic in the [[mountain]]s of [[Norway]] and [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]].<br /> <br /> One of the smallest willows in the world, it is a prostrate, creeping dwarf [[shrub]], only 2-3 cm high, and has underground branches or runners in the uppermost soil layers. The [[leaf|leaves]] are rounded-ovate, dark green and have entire margins. It is [[plant sexuality|dioecious]], with separate female and male plants. The [[flower]]s are grouped in short [[catkin]]s each bearing only a few flowers. The [[fruit]] is a brownish and hairy [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]]. The long runners with freely-rooting stems creep in mats of [[moss]]es and [[lichen]]s, which keeps them together and protects them from the wind. It grows as well in open [[gravel]] as closed vegetation.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Flora of Svalbard]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Salicaceae|Willow, Polar]]<br /> [[Category:Arctic flora]]</div>

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