Biology:Salix bicolor

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Salix bicolor
Salicaceae - Salix bicolor.jpg
Salix bicolor at the Giardino Botanico Alpino Chanousia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species:
S. bicolor
Binomial name
Salix bicolor
Willd.
Synonyms
  • Salix schraderiana Willd.
  • Salix weigeliana Willd.
  • Salix weigoliana Willd.

Salix bicolor is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae (willows).

Description

Salix bicolor can reach a height of 30–50 centimetres (12–20 in). This plant usually develop into a large shrub, but may grow as a multi branched tree of up to 4 m height. Branches are glabrous. brown-reddish or chestnut. Leaves are yellow-green, glabrous, elliptical or lanceolate with acute apex. They are 5–8 centimetres (2.0–3.1 in) long and 2–3 centimetres (0.79–1.18 in) wide. The catkins are produced in early spring, before the leaves. They reach 3 × 1 cm, on long peduncles with lanceolate bracts. Like all willows this species is dioecious. Flowers bloom from May to June.

Distribution

It is present in mountains of Southern Europe.

Habitat

This species can be found near streams, waterways and moist subalpine pastures at elevation of 1,650–2,350 metres (5,410–7,710 ft) above sea level.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q164645 entry