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DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE

SPECIES: Salix lanata ssp. richardsonii | Richardson Willow
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Richardson willow occurs from the Arctic Coast southward through most of central and south-central Alaska; it does not occur in the western Alaskan Peninsula or Kenai Peninsula. It extends eastward across northern Canada to the Baffin Islands; southward to northwest Hudson Bay; and west to northern Britsh Columbia [1,5,19,35]. ECOSYSTEMS : FRES44 Alpine STATES : AK BC NT YT ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : DENA GLBA BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : NO-ENTRY KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 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 : Richardson willow is a common, thicket-forming shrub of streambanks and moist slopes in the Arctic and above timberline where it is often associated with alders (Alnus spp.) and birch (Betula spp.); it is also found in open spruce (Picea spp.) stands and old burns at lower elevations [5,35]. Richardson willow can also be found in floodplain thickets on rivers and grows on newly exposed alluvial deposits that are periodically flooded [12,35]. Individual shrubs can be found on south-facing steppes, on pingos found in permafrost regions, and on dry, rock outcrops [13,39]. Published classifications describing Richardson willow as a codominant in community types are listed below: Arctic community types of Northwest Alaska [12].

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