Osier - Salix viminalis
Description
A shrub or small tree to 5 metres. Shoots long and flexible, shiny and yellow brown when mature. Leaves long and narrow, untoothed, green above, silvery and shiny beneath, the edges turned down slightly. Catkins narrow, 1.5 to 3cm appearing before the leaves and crowded at the shoot tips.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Water margins and wet places.
When to see it
March and April.
Life History
Deciduous.
UK Status
Quite common throughout lowland Britain.
VC55 Status
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 193 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham CalowWitherley15 July 2015 at Stoney Bridge Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5035 9296 (taken 6.4. 2008).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote06 April 2008Catkins. In Copse by Stoney Bridge Sapcote SP 5028 9292 (taken 25.3.2008)..JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote25 March 2008Winter plant
David NichollsWatermead Country Park27 September 2013 at Stoney Bridge Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5035 9296 (taken 23.4.2008)..JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote23 April 2008Catkins and leaves
Graham CalowBasin Bridge Lane, Wykin31 July 2015
 at Stoney Bridge Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5035 9296 (taken 6.4. 2008).JPG)
. In Copse by Stoney Bridge Sapcote SP 5028 9292 (taken 25.3.2008)..JPG)
 at Stoney Bridge Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5035 9296 (taken 23.4.2008)..JPG)
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. In Copse by Stoney Bridge Sapcote SP 5028 9292 (taken 4.5. 2008).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote04 May 2008Leaves
Alan SemperMelton Country Park26 September 2009
Graham CalowFrolesworth23 June 2015
David NichollsCossington11 October 2011
Ron.stevensCountesthorpe Road12 April 2015
Graham CalowWitherley27 May 2015
Graham CalowBroughton Astley11 June 2015
. In Copse by Stoney Bridge Sapcote SP 5028 9292 (taken 4.5. 2008).JPG)
