NEW STATIONS FOR THE ALASKAN WILLOW, SALI X-ALAXENSIS, IN NUNAVIK, QUEBEC

Up to now, the Alaskan Willow, Salix alaxensis, was known from only on e station in Nunavik, northern Quebec. Recent collections, sight recor ds, and one overlooked literature report allowed the authors to add so me localities along the fluvial axis Watts Lake-Deception Bay, and to add new areas such as the Salluit region, Kangisujuaq and Lanyan Lake, the last one in western Nunavik. A suspected hybrid between S. alaxen sis and S. lanata subsp. calcicola is reported from Kangiqsujuaq.