Taxon:  Salix alba L. subsp. caerulea (Sm.) Rech. f.



Summary
Genus:
Salix
Family:
Salicaceae
Nomen number:
404880
Place of publication:
Oesterr. Bot. Z. 110:338.  1963
Verified:
03/28/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Salix alba L. (3 active accession[s])
Salix alba L. subsp. alba (0 active accession[s])
Salix alba L. subsp. micans (Andersson) Rech. f. (0 active accession[s])
Salix alba L. subsp. vitellina (L.) Schübl. & G. Martens (0 active accession[s])
Salix alba L. var. alba (0 active accession[s])
Salix alba L. var. sericea Gaudin (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Salix caerulea Sm.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Salix alba L. var. caerulea (Sm.) W. D. J. Koch

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Salix alba L. var. calva G. Mey.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Houston Durrant, T. et al. 2016. Salix alba in Europe: distribution, habitat, usage and threats. In: San-Miguel-Ayanz, J. et al., European atlas of forest tree species. e01153e+. Note: as Salix alba var. caerulea
  2. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  3. Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. Note: = Salix alba var. caerulea (Sm.) Dumort
  4. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblue willow as Salix alba var. caerulea1Newsholme, C. 1992. Willows, the genus Salix Note: = Salix alba var. caerulea (Sm.) K. Koch
Englishcricket-bat willow  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
2CultivatedEurope Europe  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
Cultivated
Europe
  • REGION: Europe

Reference(s)
  1. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Materialscanefor making cricket batsTutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
Materialswoodfor making cricket batsHouston Durrant, T. et al. 2016. Salix alba in Europe: distribution, habitat, usage and threats. In: San-Miguel-Ayanz, J. et al., European atlas of forest tree species. e01153e+. Note: as Salix alba var. caerulea
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=404880. Accessed 15 April 2026.