Salix argyrocarpa
Salix argyrocarpa is a species of willow native to northeastern North America.Description
Salix argyrocarpa grows as a shrub and can sometimes form clones by layering. The branches are red to brown in color with little to no hair. The leaves generally lack functioning stipules and are narrow and elliptic, oblong, or oblanceolate in shape, measuring. The catkins flower in June to early August as the leaves emerge, and the capsules measure.Salix argyrocarpa grows naturally in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, Maine, and New Hampshire. It inhabits wet areas, including floodplains, edges of lakes and streams, and snowbeds, as well as subarctic and subalpine habitats. It prefers granitic, sandstone, and limestone soils.Hybridization
The species hybridizes naturally with Salix herbacea, S. pedicellaris, and S. planifolia.Names
s include Labrador willow and Northern willow. The plant also has several taxonomic synonyms.