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Salix caprea L.

Goat willow

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Salweide; Sal-Weide
English Goat willow
Français Saule des chèvres; Saule marsault
Italiano Salicone; Salice delle capre
Suomi Salweide; Sal-Weide
Norsk Salweide; Sal-Weide
Čeština Salweide; Sal-Weide
Español Salweide; Sal-Weide
Svenska Salweide; Sal-Weide
Polski Salweide; Sal-Weide
Український Salweide; Sal-Weide
Român Salweide; Sal-Weide
Русский Salweide; Sal-Weide
Български Salweide; Sal-Weide
EESTI Salweide; Sal-Weide
日本語 Salweide; Sal-Weide
Other names

Origin

Geographic Regions Europe; Northern Africa; Western Asia
States and Territories Albania; Austria; Belgium; Luxembourg; England; Channel Isl.; 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); Greece; Ireland; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Netherlands; Spain; Andorra; Hungary; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia & Kosovo; Macedonia; Norway; Poland; Romania; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; N-European Russia; C-European Russia; W-European Russia; E-European Russia; Belarus; Ukraine; Crimea; Sicily; Sweden; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Uzbekistan; Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia); ?Kazakhstan; Russian Far East; Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu); China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol); Mongolia; North Korea; South Korea; Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SSW-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); European Turkey; USA [I] (Alabama [I], Connecticut [I], Delaware [I], Illinois [I], Maryland [I], Michigan [I], North Carolina [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Pennsylvania [I], Virginia [I], West Virginia [I]); Canada [I] (British Columbia [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I]); Argentina [I]; South Africa [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 caprea
Author citation L.
Scientific name Salix caprea 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
Mushrooms laboratory 5
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) n/a
Termites n/a

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood n/a
Impregnability of the sapwood n/a

Physical properties

Density, air dry u =15%, lower limit 360.00 %
Density, air dry u =15%, upper limit 630.00 %

Mechanical properties

Compressive strength, mean value 28–34 N/mm2
Tensile strength, mean 46–64 N/mm2
Flexural strength, mean 31–37 N/mm2
Young's modulus, mean 7200.00 N/mm2

Areas of application

plywood

Appearances

Wood

Goat willow

SAXX , aufbau, knotig , ©Bollinger Furniere

Goat willow

SAXX , rift, knotig , ©Bollinger Furniere

Goat willow

SAXX , rift , ©Atlas Holz

Bark

Goat willow

SAXX , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Twigs

Goat willow

SAXX , Twigs , ©Dennis Wilson