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Salix daphnoides (Violet Willow)

Synonyms:

Infraspecies

Salix daphnoides var. daphnoides
Salix daphnoides var. norvegica
Salix daphnoides var. pomeranica
Salix praecox var. praecox

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Dioecious
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Pollinators [1]  Bees
Structure [1]  Tree
Usage [1]  The stems are very flexible and are used in basket making; The plant is usually coppiced annually when grown for basket making, though it is possible to coppice it every two years if thick poles are required as uprights. Trees are fast growing and tolerate maritime exposure so can be grown as a shelterbelt; Plants have extensive root systems and are often used to stabilize sand dunes; Wood - soft, even grained, smooth. Used for construction, pales, tubs etc;
Height [1]  33 feet (10 m)
Width [1]  26 feet (8 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [2]  Damp
View Plants For A Future Record : Salix daphnoides

Protected Areas

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Melampsora epitea var. epitea[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0