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Salix cinerea
Sign in to saveAlso known as common sallow, grey sallow, grey willow, grey-leaved sallow, large grey willow, pussy willow, rusty sallow
species of plant
OverviewAI-generated
Salix cinerea, commonly known as Grey Willow, is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae. It belongs to the genus Salix and is classified within the order Malpighiales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is part of the kingdom Plantae.
Its taxonomic range includes Xinjiang, and it is noted as invasive to Australia. The IUCN Red List assessed its conservation status as Least Concern in 2014. Records of the species are held by institutions such as the University of Alberta Museums, MSC, MEL, CMN, and US, with occurrences documented in Poland, the United States, Australia, Canada, and the Russian Federation.
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Species
Least ConcernGrey Willow
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilySalicaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,332
- With media
- 3,733
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, MSC, MEL, CMN, US, SBBG
- Recorded in
- Poland, United States, Australia, Canada, Russian Federation, Finland, Belgium, Russia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Salix cinerea
- Commons category
- Salix cinerea
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon common name
- pepelnatosiva vrba
- Commons gallery
- Salix cinerea
- invasive to
- Australia
- short name
- S. cinerea
- taxon author citation
- L.
- taxon range
- Xinjiang
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Encyclopedic overview
Salix cinerea (common sallow, grey sallow, grey willow, grey-leaved sallow, large grey willow, pussy willow, rusty sallow) is a species of willow native to Europe and western Asia.
The plant provides a great deal of nectar for pollinators. It was rated in the top 10, with a ranking of second place, for most nectar production (nectar per unit cover per year) in a UK plants survey conducted by the AgriLand project which is supported by the UK Insect Pollinators Initiative.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salix cinerea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.