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SPECIES: Salix lanata ssp. richardsonii | Richardson Willow 



ABBREVIATION : 
SALLANR

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   SALA4


COMMON NAMES : 
   Richardson willow
   woolly willow


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for Richardson willow is Salix
lanata L. ssp. richardsonii (Hook.) A. Skv.  There are no varieties,
forms, or natural hybrids; although hybridization and introgression with
S. barclayi and with S. alaxensis var. alaxensis has been suggested [1].
S. lanata ssp. richardsonii is the western North American-eastern Asian
race of S. lanata; other subspecies are S. lanata ssp. lanata L., the
Eruasian race and S. lanata. ssp. calcicola (Fern and Weig.) Hult., the
eastern Canadian Arctic race [1,5,14,15].


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Lora L. Esser, September 1992


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Esser, Lora L.  1992.  Salix lanata.  In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Salix lanata ssp. richardsonii | Richardson Willow