Salicaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Salix arbusculoides

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Salix arbusculoides is an erect, deciduous shrub or a small tree with slender, many-branched stems; it can grow from 3 - 9 metres tall[ 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 medicine and source of materials. It can be used to stabilize streambanks and prevent erosion. Salix arbusculoides has an expansive geographic range and is very common. 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 N. America - Alaska and British Colombia, east to Nunavut and Quebec

HabitatStream margins, lakeshores, openings in white spruce forests, treed bogs, sedge fens, edges of alpine and arctic tundra; 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. ].