DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Salix alaxensis | Alaska Willow 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Alaska willow occurs throughout Alaska but is absent from most of the
Alleutian Islands, some Bearing Sea islands, and southeastern Alaska
south of Glacier Bay [3].  It does not occur in the contiguous United
States.  It is distributed throughout northwestern Canada from the
northwest side of Hudson Bay west to the northern Yukon Territory and
south to central British Columbia [6,24].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES11  Spruce - fir
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES44  Alpine


STATES : 
     AK  AB  BC  NT  PQ  YT


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     DENA  LACL  WRST  YUCH  GLBA


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K015  Western spruce - fir forest
   K052  Alpine meadows and barren


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   201  White spruce
   202  White spruce - paper birch
   203  Balsam poplar
   204  Black spruce
   206  Engelmann spruce - subalpine fir
   251  White spruce - aspen


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Alaska willow dominates early seral willow communities along the banks
of rivers and streams.  These short-lived communities are common and
widespread throughout Alaska [17,37].

Published classifications describing Alaska willow community types are
presented below:

   Area              Classification                   Authority

AK                  general veg. cts             Viereck & Dyrness 1980
nw AK               general veg. cts             Hanson 1953

Related categories for Species: Salix alaxensis | Alaska Willow