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| color = lightgreen
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| name = ''Salix herbacea''
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| name = Dwarf Willow
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| common_names = Dwarf Willow
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| high = 1-6 cm (1 in)
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| origin = ?  <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| lifespan = perennial
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| exposure = full sun{{SSN}}
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| water = lots of water{{SSN}}
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| hardiness =    <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
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| usda_zones = ?  <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
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| color = IndianRed
 
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| image_caption = Drawing of Dwarf Willow
 
| image_caption = Drawing of Dwarf Willow
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
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| ordo = Malpighiales
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| familia = [[Salicaceae]]
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| familia = Salicaceae
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| genus = ''[[Willow|Salix]]''
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| genus = Salix
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| species = '''''S. herbacea'''''
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| species = herbacea
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| binomial = ''Salix herbacea''
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| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
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'''''[[Salix]] herbacea'''''. A very dwarf species usually not more than an inch or so in height, forming dense mats: lvs. orbicular, serrate, usually emarginate at both base and apex. Alpine regions of Amer. and Eurasia., White Mts., N. H.
 
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The '''Dwarf Willow''' (''Salix herbacea'', also known as the '''Least Willow''' or '''Snowbed Willow''') is the most common of a group of tiny creeping [[willow]]s (family [[Salicaceae]]). It is the smallest tree in the world. It is adapted to survive in harsh arctic and sub-arctic environments, and has a wide distribution on both sides of the [[Atlantic Ocean|North Atlantic]], in arctic northwest [[Asia]], northern [[Europe]], [[Greenland]], and eastern [[Canada]], and further south on high [[mountain]]s, south to the [[Pyrenees]], the [[Alps]] and the [[Rila]] in Europe, and the northern [[Appalachian Mountains]] in [[New York]], [[United States]]. It grows in [[tundra]] and rocky [[moorland]], usually at over 1500 m altitude in the south of its range.
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It typically grows to only 1-6 cm in height and has round, shiny green [[Leaf|leaves]] 1-2 cm long and broad. Like the rest of the willows, Dwarf Willow is [[plant sexuality|dioecious]], with male and female [[catkin]]s on separate plants. As a result the plant's appearance varies; the female catkins are red-coloured, while the male catkins are yellow-coloured.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
 
==External links==
 
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*[http://www.mun.ca/biology/delta/arcticf/sal/www/wlsahe.htm Salicaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: ''Salix herbacea'']
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*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SAHE2 NRCS: USDA Plants Profile: ''Salix herbacea'']
 
  
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[[Category:Arctic flora]]
 
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[[Category:Flora of Eastern Canada|Willow, Dwarf]]
 
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[[Category:Flora of Northeastern United States|Willow, Dwarf]]
 
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[[Category:Flora of New York|Willow, Dwarf]]
 
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[[Category:Flora of Greenland|Willow, Dwarf]]
 

Latest revision as of 21:30, 1 May 2009


Drawing of Dwarf Willow


Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ ?
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ [[Exposure::full sunsn]]
Water: ◍ [[Water::lots of watersn]]
Scientific Names

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Read about Salix herbacea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Salix herbacea. A very dwarf species usually not more than an inch or so in height, forming dense mats: lvs. orbicular, serrate, usually emarginate at both base and apex. Alpine regions of Amer. and Eurasia., White Mts., N. H.


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