Salix fluviatilis River willow (Salicaceae) Deciduous tree

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Salix fluviatilis
River willow
Deciduous tree
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The Salix fluviatilis plant species is found in Western N. America - Washington and Oregon. It is a member of the Salicaceae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as River willow. Some home gardeners know the variety as S. melanopsis. Nutt.

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Latin Name:  Salix fluviatilis
Common Name:  River willow
Family:  Salicaceae
Author:  Nutt.

Known Hazards:  None known

Mature Height:  7   Mature Width:

Habitat:  Forms extensive thickets and rapidly colonizes sandbars along lowland ponds, lakes and streams in moist sand or gravel overladen with silt[229].

General Uses: The peeled stems have been used in basket making[257]. The inner bark can be twisted and made into a string[257]. This plant rapidly colonizes sandbanks and wet areas near streams, lakes etc. It is therefore an extremely useful species for stabilizing banks, its network of roots holding the soil securely. It can also be used as a pioneer species to prepare the way for mature woodland. It provides good conditions for other trees to establish and is eventually out-competed by them[229].

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