Authors: C. Stace, R. van der Meijden (ed.) & I. de Kort (ed.)
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Scientific name:

Salix pentandra

Vernacular name:

Willow, Bay


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Bay Willow

Scientific name: Salix pentandra L.

Diagnostic features
Tree to 10(18)m.
Twigs reddish-brown, glossy, glabrous.
Leaves 5-12 x 2-5cm, glabrous.
Stamens (4)5-8(12).

Chromosome number: 2n=76.

Habitat
Native; wet ground and by ponds and streams.

Distribution
North & Central Britain and Ireland, planted and sometimes ± wild further South.

This species is keyed out on Page 1615 in the Text Key.

Hybrids
- See Salix meyeriana(x) Rostk. ex Willd. (= Salix pentandra x Salix fragilis)
- See Salix ehrhartiana(x) Sm. (= Salix pentandra x Salix alba)

Salix pentandra (Willow, Bay)
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