It grows up to an altitude of 800 m.a.s.l., it lives for about 40 years, it grows to a height of 5 to 8 m, it is classified among trees and shrubs
Botanical description
Habitus: the bark is smooth and gray-green or yellow-green when young, later it becomes longitudinally cracked
Leaf: leaves have 1 cm long petioles, are narrowly shaped, up to 12 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, they are fresh green on the face and velvety hairy on the back, the The edges of the leaves are curled and sometimes slightly serrated in places
Flower: golden yellow catkins, which bloom in April
Fruit: green ovoid capsule
Growth conditions / Cultivation / Care
along rivers, around ponds, near bogs, in floodplain forests, in higher and cooler locations.
requires light and moisture, a sunny location, or with enough diffused light throughout the day
less nutritious soil with a high proportion of sand
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Use / Function and landscape
planting for the purpose of strengthening banks of watercourses, streams, orf ponds
energy wood – biomass
Special use
production of wicker baskets and containers
spring pasture for bees
using in traditional medicine
Reproduction
cuttings
Varieties
Hybridi, Salix × holosericea Willd. ( S. cinerea × S. viminalis ), Salix ×rubra Huds. ( S. purpurea × S. viminalis ), Salix ×smithiana Willd. ( S. caprea × S. viminalis ), Salix × Fruticosa Döll ( S. aurita × S. viminalis ), Salix ×mollissima Hoffm. ex Elwert ( S. triándra × S. viminalis ), Salix rosmarinifolia × S. viminalis.
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