Eastern Crack-willow - Salix euxina
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Species Description
Scattered throughout the UK but mainly in the Eastern half of Scotland. It is under-recorded. Habitat includes: Wet places such as marshes, ponds, lakes, banks of rivers, streams, canals, dykes, rhynes etc. Growing habit: Deciduous Perennial. Height: Up to 15 m. Flowers: April to May. Other names include: White Welsh Willow, Salix fragilis var. decipiens (old name).
Stace 4:
Salix euxina I.V. Belyaeva (S. fragilis auct. non L., S. decipiens auct. non Hoffm.; S. fragilis var. decipiens W.D.J. Koch) - Eastern Crack-willow.
Tree to 15m; twigs very brittle at branches, glabrous from the first, shiny pale yellowish-brown; leaves 5-10(12) x 1.5-3(4)cm, glabrous from the first, more or less glossy on upperside, glaucous on lowerside, more coarsely serrate than other taxa in section Salix; stamens 2(-3); (2n=76). Neophyte-survivor; only males occur hear, sparsely scattered in damp places over most of lowland British Isles but not well recorded, always(?) planted; Turkey and Transcaucasus.
Key:
- Twigs and leaves glabrous from the first
- Leaves mostly with 3-6 serrations / cm; twigs very fragile at branches; buds shiny; male only; male flowers with 2-3 stamens