Tree
Bark |
Leaves |
Male Flower |
Female Flower |
Fruit
|
Bark |
Leaves |
|
Male Flower |
Female Flower |
Height: <3 m
Ectomycorrhizal
Dioecious, Flowering April - May
(Earliest: 14.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phenolics | Salicylic Acid, Tannins | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Peat Bogs and Mires |
Wet Forest |
Hedge Rows | |
| Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Vespula vulgaris |
Ametastegia albipes |
Ematurga atomaria |
Many Syrphidae |
Phorbia fumigata |
Sepsis punctum |
Serromyia femorata | |
Empis pennipes |
Rhamphomyia sulcata |
Calliphora vicina |
Mesembrina meridiana | |
Phaonia consobrina |
Rhagio tringarius |
Bibio johannis | ||
| Seed Dispersal: | Wind | |||
| Mycorrhizae: |
Boletus subtomentosus |
Lactarius tabidus |
Several Cortinariaceae |
Several Strophariaceae |
Several Inocybaceae |
Entoloma rhodopolium | |||
| Parasites: |
Rhytisma salicinum |
Capnodium citri |
Melampsora epitea |
Phellinus igniarius |
Bjerkandera fumosa |
Cerrena unicolor |
Trametes suaveolens |
Stigmella salicis | |
Coleophora albidella |
Several Tenthredinidae |
Trachys minutus |
Rabdophaga salicis | |
| Possible Parasites: |
Lyonetia clerkella | |||
| Herbivores: |
Several Nymphalidae |
Many Geometridae |
Several Noctuidae |
Callimorpha dominula |
Scoliopteryx libatrix Larva |
Macrothylacia rubi |
Epinotia cruciana Larva |
Arge ustulata Larva | |
Trichiosoma lucorum Larva |
Crepidodera aurata |
Phyllobius argentatus | ||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Many Tortricidae |
Several Geometridae |
Lymantria monacha Larva |
Several Tenthredinidae |
Several Chrysomelidae |
Several Curculionidae |
Deporaus betulae |
Melolontha melolontha | |
| Sapivores: |
Lygocoris pabulinus |
Aphrophora alni |
Aphrophora pectoralis |
Bactericera curvatinervis |
Bactericera striola |
Macropsis prasina |
Aphis farinosa | ||
| Possible Sapivores: |
Several Miridae |
Pentatoma rufipes |
Picromerus bidens |
Speudotettix subfusculus |
| Possible Xylophages: |
Several Elateridae |
Anthaxia salicis Larva (Wood Borer) |
Pyrochroa coccinea Larva (Wood Borer) | |
| Florivores: |
Xanthia togata Larva |
Adela cuprella Larva | ||
| Possible Florivores: |
Eana incanana |
Gypsonoma dealbana Larva |
Egle ciliata Larva | |
| Granivores: |
Miris striatus |
Orthotylus marginalis | ||
| Possible Granivores: |
Closterotomus fulvomaculatus |
Neolygus viridis | ||
| Lichens: |
Parmelia saxatilis |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Eared Willow
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011 J.K. Lindsey
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