Taxon: Salix cinerea L.

Common names:

• common sallow   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• gray sallow   (Source: Willows ) – English
  
• gray willow   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• pussy willow   (Source: Syst Bot M 9:116.) – English
  
• hui liu   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• graa pil   (Source: IllF MEur ) – Danish
  
• saule cendré   (Source: IllF MEur ) – French
  
• Asch-Weide   (Source: IllF MEur ) – German
  
• Grau-Weide   (Source: IllF MEur ) – German
  
• salice cerognolo   (Source: IllF MEur ) – Italian
  
• wierzba szara   (Source: IllF MEur ) – Polish
  
• iva pepel'naja   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• gråvide   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control   (fide F NZeal 4:1168. 1988; Syst Bot M 9:116. 1986)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Gene sources: potential gene source for biomass energy plants   (fide V. Pohjonen, Acta FFen 221:17. 1991)
  
• Materials: tannin/dyestuff   (fide F USSR)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
  Caucasus: Azerbaijan
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Norway [s.]; Sweden; United Kingdom - England
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France; Spain [n.e.]

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Argus, G. W. 1986. The genus Salix (Salicaceae) in the southeastern United States. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 9:116.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Hegi, G. et al. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966-
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Newsholme, C. 1992. Willows, the genus Salix.
• Pohjonen, V. 1991. Selection of species and clones for biomass willow forestry in Finland. Acta Forest. Fenn. 221:17.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Salix cinerea.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Salix cinerea.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Salix cinerea.

Synonyms:

• (=) Salix acuminata Mill.
  
• (=) Salix aquatica Sm.
  
• (=) Salix cinerea f. tricolor Dippel
  

Check other web resources for Salix cinerea L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Salix cinerea cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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