arctic willow


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Synonyms for arctic willow

low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America

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Westley Brown and Edgar Dopp were afoot, cutting through dense growths of arctic willow and scrub spruce, while four more of us followed with their saddle horses and the pack string.
Few decoys are used, but as birds are harvested, they are set out with heads propped up with rocks or stubby limbs from arctic willow.
So I just sat still, imitating a dwarf arctic willow. Maybe he would eventually feed within range.
and Eriophorum scheuchzeri) and arctic willow (Salix arctica), comprised a majority of the muskoxen's summer diet, but their proportions varied from year to year.
The nest, located on slightly sloping terrain at the lakeshore, occupied the top of a conical hump 5 cm high and covered with moss and stunted dwarf arctic willow. It consisted of a shallow, circular depression lined with a few pieces of dry grass.
But Frank assured me he'd seen a big bull slip into the Arctic willows, just out of sight.