Salix cinerea

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Family Salicaceae

Taxonomy: Salix cinerea L.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Salix atrocinerea Brot. (taxonomic synonym)
Salix cinerea subsp. atrocinerea (Brot.) P.Silva & Sobr. (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Salix caprea L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (13), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (2), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (11), SAH_2022 (1), SAH_2023 (3), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 72 records in 17 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 8.62 mm (5.5-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 57.5 mm (20-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.68 cm (0.2-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); lanceolate (1); obovate (2); obtriangular (1); ovate (1); widely_obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6); tree (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 9.5 m (8-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	13	15	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	10	13	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023	10	11	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	5	5	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2023	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_1	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Yang_2023	3	3	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
NSWFRD_2014	2	2	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
NHNSW_2014_2	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	1	1	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.