Salix purpurea
Purple willow · also Purple osier, Basket willow, Purpleosier willow
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Salix purpurea, known as purple willow or purple osier, is a shrub or small tree native to Europe, western Asia, and northwest Africa. It is commonly found in wetlands, such as lake margins and river floodplains, and is used in basket making. This species thrives in consistently moist soil conditions.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 90.01%23 yr13 in
- 80.02%1.8 yr—
- 20.00%——
- 20.00%—9.8 in
- 10.00%—5.1 in
Traits
- Soil
- Moist
- Water needs
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 13 in, mean 12 in, 90th percentile 15 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 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.
