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Salix euxina
Also called Silver Willow, Cricket Bat Willow
Salix euxina, the eastern crack-willow, is a species of flowering plant in the willow family Salicaceae, native from Turkey to the Caucasus. It was first described by I. V. Belyaeva in 2009. It is one of the parents of the common crack-willow, Salix × fragilis.
The name "Salix fragilis" was applied in cultivation to plants now recognized as either S. × fragilis, S. alba or S. euxina. One cultivar identified as S. euxina is 'Bullata', popular as an ornamental tree in Europe. It has a short trunk and a very dense globe-shaped crown.
Salix euxina is native to a narrow region around the east of the Black Sea, including northern Turkey, the North Caucasus and the Transcaucasus, where it is found beside mountain streams. It has been introduced into parts of Europe (Belgium, European Russia, Great Britain and the Netherlands) and Canada (Ontario and Quebec). In Europe, it is much less common than the hybrid S. fragilis, making up only around 10% of all specimens.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salix euxina 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.
