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SPECIES: Salix myrtillifolia | Blueberry Willow 



ABBREVIATION : 
SALMYR

SYNONYMS : 
   Salix novae-angliae Anderss. 
   Salix novae-angliae Anderss. ssp. myrtillifolia
   Salix novae-angliae Anderss. var. myrtillifolia
   Salix pseudo-myrsinites Anderss.
   Salix pseudocordata (Anderss.) Rydberg
   Salix myrtillifolia var. pseudomyrsinites (Anderss.) Ball ex Hulten


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   SAMY
   SAMYC


COMMON NAMES : 
   blueberry willow
   low blueberry willow
   tall blueberry willow


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of blueberry willow is Salix
myrtillifolia Andersson [5,10,15].  Two varieties are recognized based
on morphological differences:

  var. myrtillifolia = low blueberry willow (a small shrub less than 24
                       inches [60 cm] tall)

  var. cordata (Anderss.) Ball = tall blueberry willow (an upright shrub
                                 between 3 and 10 feet [1-3 m] tall) 

Tall blueberry willow is sometimes regarded as a distinct species S.
novae-angliae (Anderss.).  This paper is consistent with Dorn [10], who
places S. novae-angliae in synonomy with S. myrtillifolia.

Blueberry willow is a northern species that grows throughout western
Canada and Alaska.  Closely related plants in the contiguous United
States have been misidentified as S. myrtillifolia in some western
floras (Flora of Idaho [Davis 1952], Vascular Flora of the Pacific
Northwest [Hitchcock et al 1964]).  Dorn [10], in his 1975 revision of
the Salix section Cordatae, showed these plants to be a distinct
species, and named them Booth willow (S. boothii Dorn).  A Utah Flora
[28] and Field Guide to the Willows of East-Central Idaho [7], both
published since Dorn's revision, accept his taxonomy and use the name S.
boothii.


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Ronald Uchytil, February 1992


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Uchytil, Ronald J. 1992. Salix myrtillifolia. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Salix myrtillifolia | Blueberry Willow