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Species: Salix herbacea L.

(Salix herbacea L.)
-> Genus: Salix -> Family: Salicaceae -> Group: Angiosperms

Habitus

  • it is a low, creeping, alpine shrub of the alpine zone with underground trunks from which above-ground shoots grow
  • it grows to a height of approx. 6 - 8 cm
  • it is our smallest willow !
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow)
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow)
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow)

Leaves (assimilation organs)

  • they are simple, ellipsive, round to inverted ovate, 0.8 - 2.0 x 0.7 - 2.0 cm large
  • they are serrated along the edge
  • reticulate venation
  • they are dark green on the top, glossy, on the bottom they are lighter
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow)
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow) - an inconspicuous ornament of the alpine zone
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow) - blown rock crevice

Flowers

  • dioecious tree species
  • it flowers in VI – VIII

Fruits – seeds

  • the fruit is a capsule
  • seed is a fluffy achene
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow) - bursting capsules releasing fluffy achenes
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow) - capsules
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow) - capsules

Extension

  • alpine locations, snow deposits, rocky places
  • non-calcareous, shallow, long-snowed soils
  • high in the alpine to subnival zone at altitudes from 1,400 to 2,300 m above the sea level
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow) - continuous carpet
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow) - a company of two inconspicuous alpine willows - the bilina willow (Salix herbacea) and the dull willow (Salix retusa)

Ecology

  • alpine locations, snow deposits, rocky places
  • non-calcareous, shallow, long-snowed soils
  • high in the alpine to subnival zone at altitudes from 1,400 to 2,300 m above the sea level
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow) - snow bed - a place where snow cover remains for a long time
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow) - blown rock crevice
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow) - on lying gravel crumbs
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow) - blown rock crevice

Significance

  • alpine locations, snow deposits, rocky places
  • non-calcareous, shallow, long-snowed soils
  • high in the alpine to subnival zone at altitudes from 1,400 to 2,300 m above the sea level
Salix herbacea (Herbal willow) - an inconspicuous ornament of the alpine zone
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