Salicaceae

Alaska bog willow

Salix fuscescens Andersson

Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix

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Alaska bog willow (Salix fuscescens) — Photo: Nikita Lavrenov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Alaska bog willow
Russian: Ива буреющая

Synonyms

Salix arbutifolia var. dasycarpa Kimura ex Miyabe & Kudô
Salix fuscescens subsp. poronaica A.K.Skvortsov
Salix fuscescens var. reducta C.R.Ball
Salix paludicola Koidz.
Salix poronaica Kimura
Salix rhamnifolia Hook. & Arn.

Flowers

Flower colour: purple (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native

Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.

Photos

Photo: Nikita Lavrenov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Bowser, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nikita Lavrenov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: mbowser, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Bowser, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.