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Salix cinerea L.

Large gray willow

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Grau-Weide; Asch-Weide; Aschgraue Weide
English Large gray willow
Français Saule cendré
Italiano Salice cinereo
Suomi Grau-Weide; Asch-Weide; Aschgraue Weide
Norsk Grau-Weide; Asch-Weide; Aschgraue Weide
Čeština Grau-Weide; Asch-Weide; Aschgraue Weide
Español Grau-Weide; Asch-Weide; Aschgraue Weide
Svenska Grau-Weide; Asch-Weide; Aschgraue Weide
Polski Grau-Weide; Asch-Weide; Aschgraue Weide
Український Grau-Weide; Asch-Weide; Aschgraue Weide
Român Grau-Weide; Asch-Weide; Aschgraue Weide
Русский Grau-Weide; Asch-Weide; Aschgraue Weide
Български Grau-Weide; Asch-Weide; Aschgraue Weide
EESTI Grau-Weide; Asch-Weide; Aschgraue Weide
日本語 Grau-Weide; Asch-Weide; Aschgraue Weide
Other names

Origin

Geographic Regions Europe; Northern Africa; Western Asia; Mittelmeergebiet; Northern Africa; Mittlerer Osten
States and Territories Albania; Austria; Belgium; Luxembourg; England; Bulgaria; Corsica; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Greece; Netherlands; Hungary; Italy; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Serbia & Kosovo; Montenegro; Macedonia; Slovenia; Croatia; Norway; Poland; Romania; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; N-European Russia; C-European Russia; W-European Russia; E-European Russia; Belarus; Ukraine; Sardinia; Sweden; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Azerbaijan; Siberia (W-Siberia); Kyrgyzstan; China (Xinjiang); Kazakhstan; Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SSW-Anatolia); European Turkey; USA [I] (Alabama [I], Connecticut [I], District of Columbia [I], Georgia [I], Illinois [I], Indiana [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Massachusetts [I], Maryland [I], Maine [I], Michigan [I], North Carolina [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], South Carolina [I], Tennessee [I], Utah [I], Virginia [I], Wisconsin [I], West Virginia [I]); Canada [I] (Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I]); Australia [I] (South Australia [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I], Tasmania [I]); New Zealand [I]; Chatham Isl. [I]
[I] = Introduced
Swiss wood Native in Switzerland (Label Swiss Wood)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malpighiales
Family Salicaceae
Genus Salix
Species cinerea
Author citation L.
Scientific name Salix cinerea L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers halbringporig/zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/salsa-wi.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood gelb bis hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 0.35-0.5 kg/m3

Appearances

Bark

Large gray willow

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Twigs

Large gray willow

, Twigs , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Large gray willow

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Fall Leaves

Large gray willow

, Fall Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson