Tree

Bark	Leaves
Male Flower	Female Flower

Fruit

Height: <3 m
Ectomycorrhizal
Dioecious, Flowering April - May (Earliest: 14.4)

Habitat:	Peat Bogs and Fens	Wet Forest	Hedge Rows
Pollination:	Several Apidae	Vespula vulgaris	Ematurga atomaria	Several Syrphidae
	Phorbia fumigata	Sepsis punctum	Serromyia femorata	Rhamphomyia sulcata
	Calliphora vicina
Seed Dispersal:	Wind
Mycorrhizae:	Xerocomus subtomentosus	Lactarius tabidus	Cortinarius decipiens	Hebeloma candidipes
Parasites:	Melampsora epitea	Rhytisma salicinum	Stigmella salicis	Several Tenthredinidae (Galls)
	Rabdophaga salicis (Stem Gall)
Sapivores:	Aphrophora alni	Aphrophora pectoralis	Bactericera curvatinervis	Bactericera striola
	Aphis farinosa
Lichens:	Parmelia saxatilis

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Eared Willow

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey

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