Salix viminalis
Ecology
An erect shrub or small tree, frequently coppiced and pollarded, which grows in damp places, by streams and ponds, in marshes, fens, osier-beds and landscaped areas. 0-410 m (E. Allendale, S. Northumb.).
Status
Trends
A species which has been much planted for basketry and also for amenity, sometimes as distinct cultivars. It is now being planted for biomass production. The range has not significantly changed since the 1962 Atlas, although it is clearly more frequent in W. Britain than previously suspected.
World Distribution
As an archaeophyte S. viminalis has a Eurasian Temperate distribution; it is widely naturalised outside this range.
Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 7
Moisture (Ellenberg): 8
Reaction (Ellenberg): 6
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 6
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.7
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.8
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1030
Height (cm): 600
Perennation - primary
Life Form - primary
Woodiness
Clonality - primary
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 2194
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 780
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 11
Atlas Change Index: 0.61
Weighted Changed Factor: 29
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
JNCC Designations
Atlas text references
Atlas (189a)
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1980. Trees and shrubs hardy in the British Isles, edn 8, IV. Ri-Z.
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1990. Willows. A Guide to Some Difficult Plants. :28-40.
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1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols.
Jalas & Suominen (1976)
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1984. Willows and poplars of Great Britain and Ireland. Botanical Society of the British Isles Handbook no. 4.