Salicaceae FAMILY
Salix arctica
Salix arctica
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Salix arctica is a prostrate to decumbent, deciduous shrub usually growing 3 - 25cm tall but there plants known to reach 2 metres[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeArctic, sub-arctic and montane regions of northern N. America and northern Eurasia (but absent from Scandanavia)
HabitatVarious wet to dry habitats, including tundra, snowbeds, pond margins, beach, shale & gypsum ridges, gneissic cliffs, talus slopes, moraines, poorly drained calcareous silty till, muddy salt flats, heavy clay, dry calcareous gravel, coarse sandy soil[ 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. ]