Salicaceae FAMILY

Salix rotundifolia

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Salix rotundifolia is a dwarf, deciduous shrub growing from a creeping rhizomatous rootstock. The plant forms a mat of erect stems up to 10cm tall[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - northern Russian Far East; Northern N. America - Alask to Northwest Territories, also in Montana and Wyoming

HabitatTundra and willow thickets along streams, sandy, saline coastal flats, beach cobbles, heath on wet slopes, snowbeds, scree and colluvial slopes, substrates from clay to coarse rubble, both calcareous and acidic; at elevations to 2,200 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. ]