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Species:
Salix cinerea L.
(Salix cinerea L.)
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Genus:
Salix
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Family:
Salicaceae
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Group:
Angiosperms
Habitus
shrub to a low tree 1 - 6 m
crown is spherical to irregular, multi - stem
bark is brownish to black – gray
Buds
they are arranged after a spiral, sedentary
cover scales are yellow -brown to reddish,
with dense gray felt !
leaf buds are 4 - 5 x 3 - 4 mm large, ovate, spiky, compressed
flower buds are 7 - 10 x 5 - 6 mm large, widely ovate (larger than leafy ones)
Shoots
relatively thick, green - brown, densely gray felt
Leaves (assimilation organs)
leaves are simple, elongated to reversed ovate, 5 - 10 x 2 - 4 cm large
base of leaf is long tapered
leaves are on the edge indistingtly notched
veins are pushed from the top, protruding from below
the main vein is densly felt
the underside is gray -green, dull, gray felt
billers are distinctive - kidney -shaped, coarsely jagged along the edge
Flowers
dioecious woody plant
flowers are catkins
it blooms from III - IV, shortly before developing the leaves
Fruits – seeds
the fruit is a capsule
capsules are arranged into a fimbriate collective fruit
the seed is a fluffy samara
Extension
it is originally extended almost all over Europe
in Slovakia it grows from lowlands to foothills (approx. 700 m asl), along watercourses and in marshes
Ecology
semishade-loving wood
it tolerates floods and stanant water
Significance
as a pioneering and melioration wood
as a landscape - forming element
From history
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