Sachalin Willow
Scientific name: Salix udensis Trautv. & C.A. Mey.
Diagnostic features
Shrub or small tree (to 30m in Asia).
Twigs glabrous, shiny, reddish- to yellowish-brown.
Leaves 6-15 x 0.8-3cm, sparsely pubescent on lowerside at maturity, crenate-serrate.
Stamens free or fused for less than1/2 way.
Chromosome number: (2n=38).
Habitat
Introduced-survivor; garden throwout often thriving where dumped or planted in wetground.
Distribution
Several sites Northwest England to Central Scotland; East Asia.
This species is keyed out on Page 1603 and on Page 1634 in the Text Key.
Note
Only the distinctive contorted and fasciated male cv. 'Sekka' is grown and naturalized here. |
