Salix canariensis

Botanical Description

Salix canariensis is a deciduous shrub or a small tree that can grow up to 15 metres tall[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood. Salix canariensis is listed as Endangered in the Spanish Red List, and although its conservation on Madeira does not seem to be cause of concern, a decline and fragmentation of its geographic range, degradation and destruction of its suitable habitat and negative population trends have been observed in the Canary Islands for this species. The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2017)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].