Salicaceae FAMILY
Salix × fragilis
Salix × fragilis
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
3/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Salix fragilis is a deciduous tree that can grow around 15 - 30 metres tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials. It is planted along embankments and on sand dunes etc in order to stabilize the soil, it sometimes grown for use in basket making or as a biomass crop, and is planted as an ornamental in parks and large gardens[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeW. Asia - Turkey. Widely naturalized throughout much of Europe
HabitatStreamsides, marshes, fens and wet woods[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].