least willow

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least willow (uncountable)

  1. Either of two species of willow:
    1. Salix herbacea, a tiny creeping shrub widely distributed in alpine and Arctic environments.
      • 1848, Cuthbert William Johnson, The Farmer's Encyclopædia[1], page 1142:
        The leaves of the least willow (S. herbacea), soaked in water, are employed in Iceland for tanning leather.
      • 2000, Geothermal Training in Iceland[2], page 95:
        The species that characterize the heathland are wooly willow (Salix lanata), broadleaved willow (Salix callicorpea) and least willow (Salix herbacea), especially wooly willow.
      • 2008, R. M. M. Crawford, Plants at the Margin: Ecological Limits and Climate Change[3], →ISBN, page 314:
        In terms of high-altitude survival, the least willow (S. herbacea) occurs at 2170 m in central Norway.
      Synonym: dwarf willow
    2. Salix rotundifolia, a densely matted shrub growing in tundral regions.
      • 1972, Agriculture Handbook[4], number 410, page 90:
        Closely related to least willow (Salix rotundifolia) but differs in having large, slightly hairy capsules, abundant skeletonized leaves, and 3-5 pairs of veins on leaves instead of 2-3 pairs in least willow.
      • 2010, Les Viereck, Alaska Trees and Shrubs[5], →ISBN, page 143:
        Least willow is found in alpine and arctic tundra in a variety of vegetation types from dry scree to cool, wet slopes.

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