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Grey Willow - Salix cinerea subsp. cinerea
Usually a much branched shrub from 4 to 6 metres, twigs remaining pubescent for some time and keeping some of their hair covering until the end of their second year. Leaves oval, wavy, tapered at the base, very slightly serrate, green or greyish above, grey beneath. Stipules often persistent. Catkins 3.5 to 5 cm dense, almost unstalked, appearing before the leaves, almost unstalked, erect, cylindrical and yellow. Female catkins often smaller and narrower than the male with flask shaped ovaries.
Damp habitats, marsh areas, water margins.
Catkins April to May.
Deciduous.
Only common in central and eastern England.
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 423 of the 617 tetrads.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Grey Willow
- Species group:
- Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Malpighiales
- Family:
- Salicaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 102
- First record:
- 01/07/1998 (John Mousley)
- Last record:
- 10/08/2023 (Smith, Peter)
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