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Salix viminalis L. 1753

Salicaceae (APG IV)
basket willow, common osier, osier
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: Europe: France and Benelux, Central Europe, eastern Middle Europe, Balkan Peninsula, East Europe, Caucasian States, Iran, Himalaya, West and East Siberia, Mongolia, China, Japan; naturalised on the British Isles, Iberian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula and in Scandinavia
Size: 3 - 8 (m)
Flowering period: III - IV

Salix viminalis L. - : Salix viminalis L. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Salicaceae (Zander 2008)
Salix viminalis L. - Accepted: Salix viminalis L. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Salicaceae (APG III)
Salix viminalis L. - Accepted: Salix viminalis L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Salicaceae (APG III)
Salix viminalis L. - Accepted: Salix viminalis L. bei Schmeil-Fitschen 2019; Familie: Salicaceae (APG IV)
Salix viminalis L. - Accepted: Salix viminalis L. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Salicaceae (APG IV)

Flowers
dioecious
Flower ecology
insect-pollinated (entomophilous) (bees)
Life form
woody, shrub
Foliage persistence
deciduous
Soil conditions
preferentially on perculating wet, periodically flooded, nutrient-rich and alkaline, mostly calcareous, mainly clayey, also sandy-gravelly alluvial soils
Succession type
pioneer plant
Natural occurrence (habitat)
banks of rivers and ditches
Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
temperate, broad-leaved deciduous forests; often in association with Salix triandra, character species of the Salicetum triandrae (Salicion albae)
Constraints according soil conditions
not salt tolerant
Constraints according habitat
tolerant to atmospheric pollution
General recommendation
recommended for beekeeping
Usage
wood is used for basket making; useful for consolidation of riverbanks

Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN) (1999-2001 and ongoing): Floraweb - Daten und Informationen zu Wildpflanzen und zur Vegetation Deutschlands. www.floraweb.de.;

Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.;

Ministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und Forsten, Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.) (1985): Pflanzenkatalog zur Verbesserung der Bienenweide und des Artenreichtums (Kurztitel: Bienenweidekatalog);

Oberdorfer, E. (2001): Pflanzensoziologische Exkursionsflora. Für Deutschland und angrenzende Gebiete. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 8., stark überarb. u. erg. Aufl, 1056 S. 978-3-8001-3131-0.;

Plants for a Future (1996-2012): PFAF. See: https://pfaf.org/;

The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;





Last update:
Taxonomic update: Helmut Dalitz on: 17.11.2020
Update of the description: Helmut Dalitz; Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 3.4.2019

In the list below you will find the geographic coordinates of many woody plants in the garden. In these cases the points are marked in the map.
If no coordinates are listed, the coordinate of the point in the map marks the middle coordinate of the section.

Sex Standort Accession number Planting year Donation IPEN Lat. Long.
Baumschule Hohenheim West BS-West-22537 XX-0-HOH-BS-West-22537 0 0
Parzelle Z LG-Z-053-19179 1999 XX-0-HOH-LG-Z-053-19179 48,705181 9,212512
Vegetationsgeschichte VegGesch-5472 2023-04-22 XX-0-HOH-VegGesch-5472 48,710718 9,215284