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Salix caprea

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Salix caprea

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Also known as goat willow, pussy willow, great sallow

species of plant

OverviewAI-generated

Salix caprea, commonly known as the Goat Willow, is a species of deciduous shrub within the family Salicaceae. It belongs to the genus Salix and is classified under the order Malpighiales and class Magnoliopsida. The plant features yellow and green flowers arranged in catkins, producing capsules that are yellow, green, or white. It has been recognized with a tree of the year award and is used as a medicinal plant.

The taxon range includes Beijing, China, Europe, and Russia. Salix caprea is considered invasive to Australia. Its conservation status is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List, a designation recorded in 2018.

Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, IUCN Red List, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

Salix caprea

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilySalicaceae
Observations recorded696,057

via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
5,003
With media
3,424
Family
Salicaceae
Collections
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, TROM, MICH, DEK, UAM, AJTT
Recorded in
Poland, Norway, China, Russia, Sweden, United States, Belgium, Switzerland

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Encyclopedic overview

Salix caprea, known as goat willow, pussy willow or great sallow, is a common species of willow native to Europe and western and central Asia.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salix caprea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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