Salix aurita Linnaeus 1753 (Family Salicaceae)


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


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