NameThatPlant.net: Salix cinerea

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Salix cinerea FAMILY Salicaceae

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

Read more about European Gray Willow at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix cinerea FAMILY Salicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-005:
Salix cinerea FAMILY Salicaceae

COMMON NAME:
European Gray Willow

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Salix cinerea FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix cinerea FAMILY Salicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-005:
Salix cinerea FAMILY Salicaceae

1298

Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Non-native: Eurasia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

map
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,

or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
Sepals absent
Petals absent
Superior ovary

Flowers in catkins, inflorescence usually erect

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

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