WorldFloraDB - Salix lanata

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 60-120 cm high and spreads 60-150 cm wide. The leaves are felted and grey-white. The male catkins are yellow and the longer female catkins grey yellow.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

dioecy

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.0 - 1.5

Mature height (meter)

1.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Arctic tundra, forest tundra, and the subalpine zone. Damp ledges of basic rocks on mountains; at elevations from 550-1,000 metres. A very rare plant in Britain, found only in Scotland.

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It suits hardiness zones 2-9.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use medicinal
Edible	barks leaves shoots
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-30
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-