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163. Salix phylicifolia Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 1016.
Babington, 1848, p. 19.—Idem, 1871, p. 328.—S. arbuscula L., Gronlund,
1874b, p. 60.—S. þhylicifolia L., Idem, Isl. Fl., 1881, p. 88.—Stefánsson, Fl.
Isl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 72.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 82.—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 51.
Flora Dan. tab. 2856.
Icelandic: Gulvíðir, Rauðvíðir. English: Tea-leaved Willow.
Common in all parts, in the lowland as well as the central highland.
f. angustifolia And. with smaller, narrow lanceolate leaves with nearly entire
margins : here and there.
This species, the tallest of the Icelandic willows, is often seen to form the
undergrowth in birch scrub and woods, and it frequently forms brushwood itself.
Rostrup mentions (1887, p. 181) a specimen with a trunk measuring 10 cm in
diameter. Often cultivated in gardens in N. Iceland (I.Ó., 1932, p. 12). H. Jónsson
(1905, p. 69) gives the maximum height of individuals he has seen as nearly 3 m,
the circumference of the trunk being 24 cm. I. Óskarsson, loc. cit., even gives the
height of cultivated specimens as up to 4 m.
Life-form: Ph.
In scrub, in Calluna heaths, south-exposed slopes, lava fields.
Flor. VI—VII; fr. mat. VII—VIII.
Max. height: 3 m; average: 0.75—1 m.
Gcogr. area: Eur.: Fær.; E.S.I.; northern Europe to 71° N. lat.; central Eur.
mts., Ural.—Asia: Siberia, southward to N. China.
Salix spp.
Babington’s list (1871, p. 328—329) includes several species of Salix, cited after
previous authors who have dealt with the Icelandic Flora. These records must be
looked upon as vcry dubious, and are evidently in most cases due to errors of determina-
tion. In some cases, however, they may refer to cultivated specimens from gardens.
As no hcrbarium specimens are in evidence it may be allowable provisionally to
exclude them from the Icelandic Flora. Below follows an alphabctical list of these
specics:
Salix ambigua Ehrh. ( = ? S. aurita X S. repens).
Babington, 1871, p. 328. According to Ba. this species is = 5. versifolia, Gliemann,
1824, p. 149.
Salix arbuscula Linn.
K. & M., 1770, p. 211.—Babington, 1871, p. 329.
Salix arctica Pall.
Lindsay, 1861, p. 32.—Preyer & Zirkcl, 1862, p. 361.—Babington, 1871, p. 329.
Salix arenaria Linn.
K. & M., 1770, p. 211.—S. arenaria (limosa), Gliemann, 1824, p. 149.—Babington,
1871, p. 328.
Salix argentea Smith.
Prcyer & Zirkcl, 1862, p. 361. (= S. reþens).
Sahx Caþrea Linn.
K. & M., 1770, p. 211,—Mohr, 1786, p. 218,—Baring-Gould, 1863, p. 433.—Ba-
bington, 1871, p. 328.