Basisdaten
description:
The Crack willow is native to Europe and western and central Asia. Like all willows is the crack willow an important bee pasture.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Salix fragilis
family:
Willow family (Salicaceae)
species:
deciduous tree
height:
up to 20 m (66 ft)
leaf:
The leaves of Crack willow are lanceolate, up to 16 cm (6.3 in) long and 2 - 3 cm (0.8 – 1.2 in) broad. The leaf margins are finely toothed.
leaf shape:
oblong
leaf position:
alternate
fall foliage:
yellow
flowering:
April
blossom color:
gray-white
blossom description:
The gray-white catkins of willow are 3 - 6 cm (1.2 - 2.4 in) large.
fruit:
Catkins of many small seeds, dissolve readily in the wind and germinate quickly on the ground.
branches:
The branches are thin, flexible and greenish. The yellowish-red buds are elongated and lie on. The buds standing very tight.
bark:
The bark is smooth white-gray, later fissured gray to black-gray.
root:
Shallow-rooting-plant, far reaching roots
location:
Sun to slight shade
soil:
sandy to loamy to loamy strong, loving moist sites
ph value:
acidic to alkaline
usage:
pioneer plant, riverbank and embankment planting
