Salix arctophila Cockerell ex A. Heller

Gillespie, Lynn J., Saarela, Jeffery M., Sokoloff, Paul C. & Bull, Roger D., 2015, New vascular plant records for the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, PhytoKeys 52, pp. 23-79 : 55

Salix arctophila Cockerell ex A. Heller

Common name.

Northern willow

Distribution.

Arctic North America

Comments.

This is the first record of this species for the western CAA. This sub-Arctic-low Arctic species is distributed from northeastern Alaska to Greenland and south to Maine in the alpine zone ( Argus 2007). Its range on the Northwest Territories mainland extends to the coast immediately adjacent to where we collected it at Oterkvik Point ( Porsild and Cody 1980, Argus 2007). Previous collections in the Arctic Islands have only been made on Baffin Island and Southampton Island in the eastern CAA ( Aiken et al. 2007).

Specimen examined.

Canada. Nunavut: Kitikmeot Region, Victoria Island, Oterkvik Point vicinity, 9-10 km N of Coronation Gulf coast, 12-13 km N of point, 68°36'23"N, 112°34'7"W, 50-60 m, 4 July 2008, Gillespie, Saarela, Consaul & Bull 7511 (CAN-592250, O, ALA, MT).