Salicaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Salix glauca

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Salix glauca is an erect, deciduous shrub usually growing around 9- 120cm tall, though it can be a low, semi-prostrate shrub in the tundra or in more favourable sites can reach180cm with a short trunk 12cm in diameter[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. , 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. Salix glauca is a very widespread and common willow with no known major threats.The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2018)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeNorthern Eurasia - Scandanavia through Russia and central Asia to the Russian Far East; Northern N. America - Alaska to Greenland, south to Oregon

HabitatWidely varied, including depressions, lowlands, river valleys, wetlands, bog edges; tundras; stone-fields, rocks, various outcrops, glacial moraines; banks of mountain and tundra streams, bypasses and channels with sluggish water flow[ 1710 Title Willows of Russia and adjacent Countries; Taxonomical and Geographical Revision Publication Author Skvortsov A.K. Publisher Joensuu: University of Joensuu, Finland Year 1999 ISBN 951-708-766-7 Description ].