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Salix aegyptiaca, known as the Persian willow, is a large shrub or small tree from the genus of willow (Salix) with red branches that are tomentose in the first two years and leaves up to 15 centimeters long. The natural range of the species is in the Caucasus and in western Asia. It is cultivated in many countries.
The natural range is in temperate areas in the north of Iran and Iraq, in the southeast of Turkey and in Azerbaijan. Other sources also state northeast Greece and Israel as the distribution area. It is cultivated in Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and other countries. The species grows in floodplain and bank trees on fresh to moist, acidic to neutral, sandy-gravelly soils in sunny locations. The species loves warmth and is usually frost hardy.
The wood of the Persian willow is rarely used. It is sometimes used as an ornamental shrub because of the decorative flowers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salix aegyptiaca by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
