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least willow en · NOUN

(uncountable) Either of two species of willow: ▸ Salix herbacea, a tiny creeping shrub widely distributed in alpine and Arctic environments.
- The species that characterize the heathland are wooly willow (Salix lanata), broadleaved willow (Salix callicorpea) and least willow (Salix herbacea), especially wooly willow. 2000, Geothermal Training in Iceland, page 95:
- The leaves of the least willow (S. herbacea), soaked in water, are employed in Iceland for tanning leather. 1848, Cuthbert William Johnson, The Farmer's Encyclopædia, page 1142:
- In terms of high-altitude survival, the least willow (S. herbacea) occurs at 2170 m in central Norway. 2008, R. M. M. Crawford, Plants at the Margin: Ecological Limits and Climate Change, →ISBN, page 314:
(uncountable) Either of two species of willow: ▸ Salix rotundifolia, a densely matted shrub growing in tundral regions.
- Closely related to least willow (Salix rotundifolia) but differs in having large, slightly hairy capsules, abundant skeletonized leaves, and 3-5 pairs of veins on leaves instead of 2-3 pairs in least willow. 1972, Agriculture Handbook, number 410, page 90:
- Least willow is found in alpine and arctic tundra in a variety of vegetation types from dry scree to cool, wet slopes. 2010, Les Viereck, Alaska Trees and Shrubs, →ISBN, page 143:

is grasvíðir (Salix herbacea)