#241 most planted
Salix pentandra
Bay willow · also Bay-leaved willow, Laurel willow
6,711
trees mapped
0.07%
of all named trees
13
cities
9.8 in
median trunk (25 cm, 6,595 measured)
10 yr
median age (31% have a planting date)
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Salix pentandra, commonly known as bay willow, is a decorative tree species native to temperate regions of northern Europe and northern Asia. It is often cultivated as an ornamental tree due to its glossy leaves, which resemble those of the bay laurel.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3,9950.83%10 yr7.1 in
- 2,1620.41%—14 in
- 3750.12%—19 in
- 480.02%37 yr9.8 in
- 420.01%6.3 yr12 in
- 360.08%8.8 yr3.7 in
- 190.03%4.8 yr9.8 in
- 130.00%—3.4 in
- 130.00%—16 in
- 50.00%——
- 10.00%—27 in
- 10.00%——
- 10.00%—5.5 in
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
- European Atlantic mixed forests
- Western European broadleaf forests
Other Salix in the catalogue
34 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
