Salix uva-ursi, the bearberry willow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, native to subarctic and subalpine parts of northeastern North America and Greenland.[1][2] A prostrate shrub, the extreme southern edge of its range is high in the mountains of northern New England[3] and northern New York.[4]
Salix uva-ursi | |
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In the White Mountain National Forest | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Salicaceae |
Genus: | Salix |
Species: | S. uva-ursi
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Binomial name | |
Salix uva-ursi | |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Salix uva-ursi Pursh". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Salix uva-ursi bearberry willow". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
Synonyms; Salix apoda misapplied
- ^ "Salix uva-ursi — bearberry willow". Go Botany (3.8). Native Plant Trust. 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ Buys, John L. (June 1931). "Leafhoppers of Mt. Marcy and Mt. Macintyre, Essex Co., New York (Homoptera, Cicadellidæ)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 39 (2): 139–145. Retrieved 19 March 2024.