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DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE

SPECIES: Salix hastata | Halberd Willow
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : In North America, Halberd willow occurs in northern Alaska, the mountains of central Alaska, including the Alaska range, and extreme northwestern Canada. It is most common near the Arctic Coast. Halberd willow also occurs in northern Europe and Asia, southward in the mountains of both [7,21]. ECOSYSTEMS : FRES23 Fir - spruce FRES44 Alpine STATES : AK NT YT ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : DENA 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 217 Aspen 251 White spruce - aspen 252 Paper birch 253 Black spruce - white spruce 254 Black spruce - paper birch SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : NO-ENTRY HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : Halberd willow is a common thicket-forming shrub on streambanks and moist slopes in the Arctic, extending to alpine regions and onto tundra [2,12]. In the boreal forest of interior Alaska, Halberd willow occurs primarily in willow thickets along small streams and is a pioneer species on river sandbars and glacial moraines. It is found occasionally in alpine sedge bogs [17,21]. Halberd willow also occurs in floodplain thickets on rivers and grows on newly exposed alluvial deposits that are periodically flooded [1,21].

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