| Accepted name: |
Salix caprea L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Goat Willow
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| French names: |
Saule des chêvres
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Salicales
Family: Salicaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WSALCA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Highly resistant against air pollution. Cultivated as an ornamental plant especially for cutting the flowering twigs (willow catkins in the Christian rite on Palm Sunday, Easter decorations) and as an early bee plant(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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