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Salix × fragilis L. 1753
Salicaceae (APG IV)
crack willow
Akzessionnummer: LG-X-306-25459
Pflanzjahr: 2024
Patenschaftstext: Für Kolja und Tonja Berg


Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: Turkey; introduced in Europe; Caucasus, Iran, West Siberia; United States, western South America, Australia
Flowering period: IV - V

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

Color of flower
yellow (male flowers) or green (female flowers)
Flowers
dioecious; flowers in catkins
Flower ecology
insect-pollinated (entomophilous) (bees)
Life form
woody, tree
Foliage persistence
deciduous
Fruits
capsule fruit; seeds with wooly white tuft
Fruit ecology
wind-dispersed (anemochorous) (seed dispersal) or water-dispersed (hydrochorous) (vegetative dispersal)
Soil conditions
on perculating wet, temporarily flooded, nutrient-rich and alkaline, mostly limestone-poor gravel, sand or loam soils, immature alluvial soils
Light conditions
semi-shade to full sun plant
Root type
intensive root system
Succession type
pioneer species, soil stabiliser
Natural occurrence (habitat)
willow scrubs, along small streams and stream banks, river valleys, at lakes, alder galleries, ditches, riparian zones, softwood floodplains; from lowland to middle highland, rather montane and in the North
Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
character species of the Salicetum fragilis, but also in other Salicetum communities or in the Stellario-Alnetum (Alno-Ulmion)
Constraints according soil conditions
not salt tolerant
Constraints according habitat
tolerant to strong winds
Usage
stems are used for basket making; wood is used for floors, cart bases, for charcoal and as fuelwood; bark can be used as tanning agent and for medicinal purposes

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.;

Jäger, E. (Hrsg.) (2011): Rothmaler - Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Gefäßpflanzen: Grundband. Band 2. Springer Spektrum Verlag, 20., neu bearb. u. wesentl. erw. Aufl.: 944 S. 978-3-8274-1606-3.;

Kew Gardens and Collaborators (2017): Plants of the World Online. see: plantsoftheworldonline.org.;

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: Database method on: 13.1.2021
Update of the description: Helmut Dalitz; Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 7.5.2019

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