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Salix fragilis

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Salix fragilis

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Also known as crack willow, brittle willow

species of plant

OverviewAI-generated

Salix fragilis is a species within the genus Salix, belonging to the family Salicaceae. It is classified in the kingdom Plantae, phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Malpighiales. Common names for this taxon include crack willow, Bruch-Weide, vrba křehká, and helygen frau.

The species has been recorded in the United States, Canada, and Australia, where it is considered invasive. Various institutions, including ENCB-IPN, CAS, RSA, NY, and CM, hold records of this organism.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, iDigBio. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilySalicaceae
Observations recorded91,615

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,192
With media
2,832
Family
Salicaceae
Collections
ENCB-IPN, CAS, RSA, NY, CM, MSC
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Salix
Image
2015.07.07.-16-Mulde Eilenburg--Bruch-Weide.jpg
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Commons category
Salix fragilis
taxon rank
species
taxon name
Salix fragilis
Commons gallery
Salix fragilis
taxon common name
krhka vrba
invasive to
Australia
short name
S. fragilis
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Encyclopedic overview

Salix fragilis is a scientific name that has historically been used for two different willows:

Salix euxina, a non-hybrid species

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

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