Green-scaled willow (Salix chlorolepis) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 4

Distribution

Global range

Green-scaled willow occurs exclusively on the alpine-type serpentine outcrops of Gaspésie Provincial Park, Quebec (Figure 4). It has been inventoried to date on the sides of 10 glacial cirques of Mount Albert representing, perhaps, only 4 or 5 distinct localities. This species has not been found in any other serpentine areas of North America. Given its very limited distribution, the green-scaled willow is considered endemic to the Gaspé region of eastern Canada (Labrecque and Lavoie, 2002).

Figure 4. Global distribution of the green-scaled willow.

 Global distribution of the green-scaled willow

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