Salicaceae
Snow willow
Salix nivalis
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Snow willow
Synonyms
- Salix aemulans Seemen
- Salix nivalis var. nivalis
- Salix nivalis var. saximontana (Rydb.) C.K.Schneid.
- Salix reticulata subsp. nivalis (Hook.) Á.Löve, D.Löve & B.M.Kapoor
- Salix reticulata var. nana Andersson
- Salix reticulata var. nivalis (Hook.) Andersson
- Salix reticulata var. saximontana (Rydb.) Kelso
- Salix saximontana Rydb.
- Salix vestita var. nana Hook.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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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.