Salix aurita / Salice dorato

Species: Salix aurita L.
Italian common noun: Salice dorato
Family: Salicaceae
Shrubs DeciduosFull sun
Climate resistance: + / -20° CClimate resistance: + / -20° C
- Legislative Decree no. 151

Origin: Europe, Northern Asia

Botanical characteristic: It can be a medium-sized shrub or small tree and reaches 4 meters in height. It has a greyish-green bark and the wood is characterized by lenghtwise ribs. Leaves are obovate with a wrinkled blade, they are shiny green on the upper surface, while on the lower one is glaucous and pubescent beneath. It is a dioecious plant with male and female inflorescences in pendulous catkins on separated plants. The yellow male catkins are showier than the female ones.

Agronomic and environmental characteristics: It grows spontaneously in northern Italy, but rarely. It can be found on moist forests, wetlands, along streams, preferably on acid soils from 200 to 1700 meters above sea level.

Use: It is used to coat moist slopes and river banks or reforest uncultivated moist areas.

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Produzione Note Altezza Circonferenza tronco Diametro/Lato chioma Q.tà  
Cont.for. 40 Cont.for. 40
Vaso Ø 18 Vaso Ø 18
Vaso Ø 22 Vaso Ø 22