#102 most planted
Salix alba
White willow
Deciduous
20,655
trees mapped
0.20%
of all named trees
27
cities
9.8 in
median trunk (25 cm, 10,854 measured)
30 yr
median age (63% have a planting date)
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Salix alba, also known as white willow, is a medium to large deciduous tree native to Europe and parts of Asia. It grows up to 10-30 meters tall with an irregular crown and distinctive white-haired leaves. Its flowers appear in catkins in early spring, and it requires ample water.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 11,5394.1%31 yr9.8 in
- 3,5130.31%—5.6 in
- 2,1750.71%—18 in
- 1,0420.22%9.4 yr5.1 in
- 4190.10%47 yr24 in
- 3560.11%4.1 yr9.4 in
- 3080.63%7.8 yr2.4 in
- 3010.41%—16 in
- 2690.08%5.9 yr8.3 in
- 2200.10%—12 in
- 1540.05%—15 in
- 610.01%—8.7 in
- 580.04%6.3 yr3.5 in
- 510.02%—17 in
- 470.04%23 yr40 in
- 410.01%—21 in
- 310.07%—34 in
- 210.09%—24 in
- 160.02%—18 in
- 140.01%—22 in
- 70.02%4.8 yr1.6 in
- 30.03%—7.9 in
- 20.02%—4.0 in
- 20.00%—13 in
- 20.01%—19 in
- 20.00%—32 in
- 10.01%—28 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 50–80 ft
- Canopy spread
- 40–70 ft
- Water needs
- High
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 9.8 in, mean 13 in, 90th percentile 30 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Baltic mixed forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Central European mixed forests
- East European forest steppe
- Western European broadleaf forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- East Afghan montane conifer forests
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
- Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
Other Salix in the catalogue
34 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
