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Weeds of National Significance

Weeds of National Significance. WILLOW IDENTIFICATION Part 4 – willow taxa distinguishing features. Supported by the State Government of Victoria . Salix fragilis - crack willow. Distinguishing feature - audible crack!. Salix alba var. vitellina - golden willow.

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Weeds of National Significance

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  1. Weeds of National Significance WILLOW IDENTIFICATION Part 4 – willow taxa distinguishing features Supported by the State Government of Victoria.

  2. Salix fragilis - crack willow Distinguishing feature - audible crack!

  3. Salix alba var. vitellina - golden willow Distinguishing feature - yellow stems

  4. Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’ - tortured willow Distinguishing feature - twisted branches

  5. Salix babylonica - weeping willow Distinguishing feature - long, slender, weeping branches, earliest flowering tree * Not a WoNS

  6. Salix x sepulcralis var. chrysocoma - golden weeping willow • Distinguishing features • both male and female on one catkin, • weeping with yellow twigs >1m from ends

  7. Salix nigra - black willow • Distinguishing features • deeply fissured bark, • same colouring on both sides of leaf • produces lots of seed

  8. Salix cinerea - grey sallow willow • Distinguishing features • longitudinal ridges beneath bark • similar width to height • produces lots of seed

  9. Salix x reichardtii - pussy willow Distinguishing feature - very showy catkins, taller than it is wide * Not a WoNS

  10. Salix purpurea - purple osier Distinguishing feature - many, many stems, leaves opposite and wider above middle (kites)

  11. Salix chilensis syn. humboldtiana - Chilean pencil willow Distinguishing feature - narrow, upright, ‘poplar-like’

  12. Basket willows? Distinguishing features???

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