Salicaceae FAMILY

Salix pulchra

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Salix pulchra is a multi-stemmed, prostrate to ascending deciduous shrub; it usually grows from 10 - 300cm tall, occasionally reaching 450cm[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 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. , 1050 Title Fire Effects Information System Publication Author Website http://www.feis-crs.org/feis/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line information site with comprehensive information on over 1,100 species of plant. Mainly developed to supply information on the effects of fire on plants and animals, it also contains a wealth of other information on the plants ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is planted alonl the banks of streams to stabilize tem and prevent erosion and is also planted on old mine wastes in order to restore the wildlife habitats.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - northern European Russia, eastern Siberia, Russian Far East; Northern N. America - Alaska and British Columbia to Nunavut

HabitatArctic 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[ 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. ]. Stream banks, lake sides, open woods etc in north-western N. America[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ].