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Species:
Salix caprea L.
(Salix caprea L.)
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Genus:
Salix
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Family:
Salicaceae
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Group:
Angiosperms
Habitus
it is a taller shrub to lower tree up to 10 – 12 m high
trunk is irregular, crooked, crown is inverted-ovate, densely aligned
greenish-gray bark
the bork is grey to dark grey, deeply longitudinally fissured
Buds
they are erected in a spiral, sessile, ovate, short-pointed, pressed to a branch
floral ones are broadly ovate
the tip is diverted from the branch
covering scale is one, reddish-brown, glossy
Shoots
they are round, green to reddish-brown when young, grey-hairy, later grey to grey-brown, glabrous
Leaves (assimilation organs)
leaves are simple, broadly lanceolate, oblong-ovate to oval, 7 - 10 x 3 - 6 cm large
the widest are ± in the lower half
they are short-pointed at the end - the tip is twisted, broadly wedge-shaped at the base, serrated along the edge
they are dark green ,glossy on the top, grey-tomentose on the reverse side
the vein is pressed in from the top, protruding from the bottom
peduncle is 1 - 2 cm long
the leaves are very variable in shape and signs !
Flowers
it is a dioecious tree species
flowers are catkins
it blooms in III - IV, before leaf development
Fruits – seeds
the fruit is a capsule
the seed is a fluffy achene, it ripens in IV – V
Extension
extensive Eurasian range
it is common in Slovakia from lowlands up to 1,200 (1,450 m above the sea level)
Ecology
this woody plant is distinctly light-loving, undemanding to the soil
it tolerates increased moisture, but also a relative lack of water in the soil and extreme temperature fluctuations
it is an important pioneering tree species, as one of the first to inhabit clearings, potholes, loose and devastated areas and forest edges
Significance
it is fast-growing, pioneering, preparatory and ameliorative tree
scaly tree
it is a decorative woody plant at the time of flowering with abundant flowers
its mourning form is used
From history
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