Salix L.
(willows)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Salix alba White Willow					Species	1 subtaxa	19 images
Salix aurita Eared Willow					Species		25 images	1 ident. refs
Salix caprea Goat Willow, Sallow					Species	1 subtaxa	18 images	1 ident. refs
Salix caprea x aurita = S. x capreola a hybrid willow					Species hybrid			1 ident. refs
Salix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtii a hybrid sallow					Species hybrid			1 ident. refs
Salix caprea x cinerea x repens a hybrid willow					Species hybrid			1 ident. refs
Salix cinerea Grey Willow, Common Sallow					Species	1 subtaxa	33 images	1 ident. refs
Salix cinerea x aurita = S. x multinervis a hybrid willow					Species hybrid			1 ident. refs
Salix daphnoides European Violet-willow					Species		12 images
Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis hybrid crack-willow					Species hybrid		23 images
Salix pentandra Bay Willow					Species		92 images
Salix purpurea Purple Willow					Species		21 images
Salix repens Creeping Willow					Species	2 subtaxa	24 images
Salix viminalis Osier					Species		26 images
Salix viminalis x cinerea x repens = S. x angusensis a hybrid willow					Species hybrid			1 ident. refs
Salix viminalis x repens = S. x friesiana a hybrid willow					Species hybrid			1 ident. refs
[Salix (dwarf species)] dwarf willows					Informal	3 subtaxa	24 images
[Salix (sallows)] sallows					Informal	8 subtaxa	76 images	12 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Salix (willows)
Family	SALICACEAE (poplars and willows)
Order	MALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Salix is also a member of:
Broadleaved trees - broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees (via Salicaceae)
Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Salicaceae)
Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees - broadleaved and coniferous trees (via Broadleaved trees)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved trees)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
in the field	Brendel, T.	1985	Willows of the British Isles	Shire Natural History, 8, 24pp, Shire Publications Ltd.
	Eversham, B.	2006	A key to lowland willows, sallows and osiers	http://www.wildlifebcnp.org/ecology-resources.htm

Salix (willows) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SALICACEAE
(poplars and willows)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Salix (willows)

BioInfo

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1,534 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Salix (willows)

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