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Salix repens

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Salix repens, the creeping willow, is a small shrubby species of willow in the family Salicaceae, growing up to 1.5 meters in height. It has a Eurosiberian boreo-temperate range and is widely distributed around the coasts of western and northern Europe, including the United Kingdom. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Scientific Name
Salix repens 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Plantae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Salix repens

In Biome

Grassland, Biomes
Source Salix repens (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Heath, Ecosystems
Source Salix repens (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Austria, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Finland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ireland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Netherlands, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Poland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Portugal, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Switzerland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
Sources
1. Salix repens (Wikipedia)
  • Wikidata Q28141 (P225 taxon name)
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 391359
    Salix repens, the creeping willow, is a small, shrubby species of willow in the family Salicaceae, growing up to 1.5 metres in height.
  • lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 391359
    Found amongst sand dunes and heathlands, it is a polymorphic species, with a wide range of variants.
  • In Ecosystem: Heath, article text (ecosystem), EntityId 391359, target E336455
    Found amongst sand dunes and heathlands, it is a polymorphic species, with a wide range of variants.
  • In Biome: Grassland, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 391359, target B16267
    In the UK, the prostrate forms (ssp. argentea and ssp. repens) are characteristically found on sand dunes, growing close to the water table in dune slacks, as well as in coastal heaths and acid grassland, as well as bein
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Salix repens
Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata P171View the Source
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