Salix uva-ursi

Salix uva-ursi
In the White Mountain National Forest
Seeding

Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species:
S. uva-ursi
Binomial name
Salix uva-ursi
Synonyms
List
    • Salix arbuscula var. labradorica Andersson
    • Salix cutleri var. labradorica Andersson
    • Salix cutleri f. major Andersson
    • Salix cutleri f. minor Andersson
    • Salix ivigtutiana Lundstr.
    • Salix prostrata Muhl.
    • Salix retusa Oakes ex Tucker
    • Salix uva-ursi f. lasiophylla Fernald
    • Salix uva-ursi f. phyllolepis Fernald
    • Vimen uva-ursi (Pursh) Raf.

Salix uva-ursi, commonly known as bearberry willow, saule raisin-d'ours in French, and Uqaujaq (ᐅᖃᐅᔭᖅ) in Inuktitut, is a species of dwarf shrub in the willow family Salicaceae. It is endemic to arctic and alpine regions of northeastern North America. The specific epithet uva-ursi was given to the species by the describing botanist Frederick Pursh, who noted that its habit and leaves resembled those of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.