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Herbarium specimen: Salix arbuscula

Taxon:Salicaceae: Salix arbuscula L. ("Mountain Willow")
Other name:Salix vacciniifolia
named by J Hooker
Filed in taxon folder:Salicaceae: Salix arbuscula L. ("Mountain Willow")
Collected by:Dr J Hooker
Locality:Great Britain, VC98 Argyllshire, Ben Cruachan, NN02, "Craigalleach"
ex herb:Rev Prof John Stevens Henslow
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Salix arbuscula herbarium specimen from Ben Cruachan, VC98 Argyllshire by Dr J Hooker.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:No date and "Craigalleach" not found on maps - Hooker recorded as collecting before 1830 "at the foot of Ben Cruachan between Craigalleach and Meal-greadha" neither of which places traced.

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Documented by mikedaps on 24th August 2010.

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