Salix reticulata
{{Short description|Species of willow}}
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|image = Salix reticulata nätvide.jpg
|genus = Salix
|species = reticulata
|authority = L.
|synonyms = Salix nivalis Hook.
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Salix reticulata, the net-leaved willow,{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17 }} or snow willow,Sierra Nevada Wildflowers, Karen Wiese, 2nd Ed., 2013 p. 197 is a dwarf willow, native to the colder parts of Europe, North America, and Northern Asia. It is found in the western United States (Salix reticulata subsp. nivalis), including the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains. In Europe it extends south through the Carpathian Mountains and Alps to the Pyrenees and the mountains of Bulgaria and North Macedonia.{{GRIN | accessdate=2013-04-14}}New Flora of the British Isles; Clive Stace; Third edition; 2011 printing.Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland, BSBI Handbook No. 4; Meikle; 1984. It is common in Canada, Greenland and Finland, and present but rare in Scotland.
The plant grows on wet, often slightly calcareous, rocks and ledges.{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}}
Description
Salix reticulata is a dwarf, prostrate, deciduous shrub growing to {{convert|8|cm|0|abbr=on}} tall by {{convert|30|cm|0|abbr=on}} broad, forming loose open mats with extensive, much-branched, underground stems. The exposed stems can rise to {{convert|20|cm|in|abbr=on}} high. The twigs are slightly hairy at first, then hairless and dark reddish-brown later.
Leaves are 1.2 cm to 5 cm long, 1 to 3.5 cm wide; densely hairy at first, becoming hairless at least on the upper side. The leaves have a conspicuous network of veins.
In Spring, slender yellow catkins with pink tips appear.
Cultivation
Salix reticulata is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for use as groundcover. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - Salix reticulata|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/16285/Salix-reticulata/Details | access-date = 17 February 2021}}{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 93 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate = 11 October 2018}}
References
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=Further reading=
{{cite book | author=Pink, A. | url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11892|title=Gardening for the Million| year=2004 | publisher=Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation}}
Gallery
File:Salix reticulata - General View 2.JPG|General view (for scale, the orange object is the end of a biro).
File:Salix reticulata - Leaf-upper.JPG|Upper surface of leaf.
File:Salix reticulata - Leaf-lower.JPG|Lower surface of leaf.
File:Salix reticulata - Seed Head.JPG|Seed head (for scale, the orange object is the end of a biro).
External links
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- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7038,7045,0,7073 Jepson Manual Treatment: Salix reticulata subsp. nivalis]
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Category:Flora of temperate Asia
Category:Flora of Northern America
Category:Garden plants of Europe
Category:Garden plants of North America