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Salix petrophila; Alpine Willow   

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Salix petrophila
Salix petrophila
Alpine Willow
Photographer: Charles Thoreau Townsend
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 8253 3202 3491 0019 (1999-02-24)

Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Sep 1, 1945
  • latitude 37.93718   longitude -119.33940   max error distance 879 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Yosemite National Park, Young Lakes (Tuolumne County, California, US)
  • family Salicaceae
  • notes   Salix petrophila var. caespitosa
  • CalAcademy slide #   T 20088
  • photo category: Plant - tree/shrub

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Alpine Willow (ITIS )
  • Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria)
  • View Calflora record for Salix petrophila
  • View all photos in CalPhotos of Salix petrophila
  • Check Google Images for Salix petrophila


  • Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)
    1. Reviewed by Dora Jakobsdottir    Jul 25, 2004

    Action: changed name from "Salix arctica" to "Salix petrophila "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Name from photographer's note, S. petrophila var. caespitosa is updated. S. arctica does not grow in California (US Plants Database distribution map)."

     
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