Arctic willow

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a low shrub, Salix arctica, of the Barren Grounds, having pale foliage and stalked catkins.

Quotations

1913

The island offered a good site for a camp, for although it was treeless, a clump of Arctic willows provided protection for the tent.

1956

The arctic willow, puny as it looks, can live eighty years.