Salix stricta (Andersson) Rydb.

  • Authority

    Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden.

  • Family

    Salicaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Salix stricta (Andersson) Rydb.

  • Description

    Species Description - It is evident that Mr. Bebb did not exactly know the true S. desertorum, as he states that Drummond, no. 657 represents the typical form. Drummond, no. 658, mounted on the same sheet in the Torrey Herbarium, is quite different and matches Richardson's specimens exactly. The leaves are only slightly hairy, and in the dry specimens dark. They are not at all yellowish silky as is the shrub found in the Rocky Mountain Region of United States. The catkins are longer than in our plant, and the bark is dark. In S. stricta the bark is often yellowish or grayish.

  • Discussion

    Montana: Cutbank Creek, 1883, Candy, nos. 294. and 286; Red Mountain, 1888, Tweedy, no. 38. Yellowstone Park : Lower Geyser Basin, August 4, 1897, Rydberg & Besscy, no. 3913.

    Alberta : Rocky Mountains, Drummond, no. 637. Lower Canada: Mt. Albert, 1881, J. A. Allen.

    Wyoming; Centennial Valley, 1895, Avcn Nelson ; Gros Ventre Creek, 1897, Tweedy, no. 298.

    Colorado : 1873, John Wolfe, no. 819; Twin Lakes, 1872, T. C. Porter.

  • Distribution

    Montana, Yellowstone, Alberta, Wyoming, Colorado.

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