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Salix viminalis

Salix viminalis

Taxonomy

Kingdom
PLANTS
Family
Salicaceae
Genus
Salix
Species
viminalis

Habitat / Home / Areal

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

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.

Diseases and pests

fungi – Rhytisma salicinum (teleom.) – Melasmia salicina (anam.)