Distribution: Europe without Scandinavia; the Caucasus, West Siberia, Palestine, northwestern Africa: Algeria, Morocco; introduced into the United States of America
Salix purpurea L. - Accepted: Salix purpurea L. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Salicaceae (APG III) Salix purpurea L. - Accepted: Salix purpurea L. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Salicaceae (APG IV) Salix purpurea L. - Accepted: Salix purpurea L. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Salicaceae (APG IV)
Flowers
dioecious; male and female flowers in slender, pubescent catkins
Flower ecology
insect-pollinated (entomophilous)
Life form
woody, shrub
Foliage persistence
deciduous
Fruits
capsule fruit
Fruit ecology
wind-dispersed (anemochorous)
Soil conditions
on wet, temporarily inundated, nutrient-rich, mostly calcareous, scree, gravel or sand soils, also in mud
Succession type
pioneer species on alluvial soils
Natural occurrence (habitat)
wetlands, riparian woodlands, river banks, along streams, shores, marshes and fens; from lowland to highland, especially in limestone areas
Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
temperate, mixed mesophytic broad-leaved deciduous forests; in associations of the Salicetalia purpureae and Berberidion communities
Usage
the dried bark is medically used against articular pain and as febrifuge (due to salicin and salicyl acid, respectively); stems are used in basket making; in the USA cultivated as a bionenergy plant
Altitudinal higher limit (sea level in m)
2,500
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Jäger, E. J. et al. (2007): Rothmaler - Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Band 5: Krautige Zier- und Nutzpflanzen. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Aufl. 31.10.2007: 880.;
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.;
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;
Westrich, P. et al. (2018): Die Wildbienen Deutschlands.. Ulmer Verlag ISBN 978-8186-0123-2.;
Taxonomic update: Aleta Neugebauer on: 4.3.2025 Update of the description: Helmut Dalitz; Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 28.2.2019
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.