Salix uva-ursi

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
In the White Mountain National Forest
Seeding
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species:
S. uva-ursi
Binomial name
Salix uva-ursi
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Salix arbuscula var. labradorica Andersson
    • Salix cutleri var. labradorica Andersson
    • Salix cutleri f. major Andersson
    • Salix cutleri f. minor Andersson
    • Salix ivigtutiana Lundstr.
    • Salix prostrata Muhl.
    • Salix retusa Oakes ex Tucker
    • Salix uva-ursi f. lasiophylla Fernald
    • Salix uva-ursi f. phyllolepis Fernald
    • Vimen uva-ursi (Pursh) Raf.

References
  1. "Salix uva-ursi Pursh". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. "Salix uva-ursi bearberry willow". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022. Synonyms; Salix apoda misapplied
  3. "Salix uva-ursi — bearberry willow". Go Botany (3.8). Native Plant Trust. 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. 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.


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