Salix x fragilis
Crack willow · also Brittle willow, White crack willow
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Salix × fragilis, commonly known as Crack Willow or Brittle Willow, is a deciduous hybrid native to Europe and Western Asia. It thrives in riparian habitats, growing along rivers, streams, marshes, and moist soils. This species exhibits aggressive growth, reproduces easily from broken branches, and forms dense thickets, posing a threat to native ecosystems by altering hydrology and shading out vegetation.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 2880.11%—19 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 60 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Soil
- Moist
- Water needs
- High
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr
Trunk diameters across every city: median 19 in, mean 21 in, 90th percentile 34 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
- Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests
- Western European broadleaf forests
Other Salix in the catalogue
34 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
