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Salix reticulata

Species of willow

Summary

Species of willow

Salix reticulata, the net-leaved willow, or snow willow, is a dwarf willow, native to the colder parts of Europe, North America, and Northern Asia. It is found in the western United States (Salix reticulata subsp. nivalis), including the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains. In Europe it extends south through the Carpathian Mountains and Alps to the Pyrenees and the mountains of Bulgaria and North Macedonia. It is common in Canada, Greenland and Finland, and present but rare in Scotland.

The plant grows on wet, often slightly calcareous, rocks and ledges.

Description

Salix reticulata is a dwarf, prostrate, deciduous shrub growing to 8 cm tall by 30 cm broad, forming loose open mats with extensive, much-branched, underground stems. The exposed stems can rise to 20 cm high. The twigs are slightly hairy at first, then hairless and dark reddish-brown later.

Leaves are 1.2 cm to 5 cm long, 1 to 3.5 cm wide; densely hairy at first, becoming hairless at least on the upper side. The leaves have a conspicuous network of veins.

In Spring, slender yellow catkins with pink tips appear.

Cultivation

Salix reticulata is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for use as groundcover. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

References

Gallery

File:Salix reticulata - General View 2.JPG|General view (for scale, the orange object is the end of a biro). File:Salix reticulata - Leaf-upper.JPG|Upper surface of leaf. File:Salix reticulata - Leaf-lower.JPG|Lower surface of leaf. File:Salix reticulata - Seed Head.JPG|Seed head (for scale, the orange object is the end of a biro).

References

{{BSBI 2007
Sierra Nevada Wildflowers, Karen Wiese, 2nd Ed., 2013 p. 197
{{GRIN
''New Flora of the British Isles''; [[Clive Stace]]; Third edition; 2011 printing.
Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland, BSBI Handbook No. 4; Meikle; 1984.
(2008). "RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants". Dorling Kindersley.
"RHS Plant Selector - ''Salix reticulata''".
(July 2017). "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society.

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