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Salix pulchra Cham.

Tealeaf willow (en), Saule faux daphné (fr), Saule pruineux (fr), Saule noir (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Salicaceae > Salix

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows 1.3 m high in the tundra. It grows 2 m high in forests. The stem is brown. The leaves are narrow. They are dark green above and paler underneath. The flowers are thick, large catkins.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.25
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Arctic boreal and subalpine thickets, stream and lake margins, tundra, black spruce-lichen woodlands, open white spruce-dwarf birch woodlands; at elevations up to 2,000 metres. Stream banks, lake sides, open woods etc in north-western N. America.
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It is a cold temperate plant. It grows in the tundra in Alaska. It grows along streams and in protected hollows in Alaska.
Light 7-8
Soil humidity 4-8
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 2-6

Usage

The young leaf buds are eaten. The very young leaves can be stored in seal oil. The buds are bitter at first but become sweet with chewing. The dried leaves are used for tea.
Uses beverage medicinal oil tea
Edible barks flowers leaves shoots
Therapeutic use Anesthetic (bark), Oral Aid (bark), Analgesic (bark), Anesthetic (leaf), Oral Aid (leaf), Analgesic (leaf), Eye Medicine (unspecified), Oral Aid (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Salix pulchra unspecified picture

Distribution

Salix pulchra world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:778611-1
WFO ID wfo-0000930422
COL ID 6XDT2
BDTFX ID 59835
INPN ID 120187
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Salix pulchra Salix anadyrensis Salix phylicifolia subsp. pulchra Salix planifolia var. yukonensis Salix pulchra var. yukonensis Salix planifolia subsp. pulchra Salix phylicifolia var. subglauca Salix divaricata subsp. pulchra Salix pulchra var. anadyrensis Salix fulcrata var. subglauca
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