Tree of the day: Salix eleagnos angustifolia, Rosemary, hoary or olive willow, West lakeside
Salix eleagnos angustifolia is a species of deciduous broadleaf flowering plants (in the Salicaceae or Willow family), native to southern and central Europe, Turkey and Morocco.
Salix eleagnos angustifolia is a species of deciduous broadleaf flowering plants (in the Salicaceae or Willow family), native to southern and central Europe, Turkey and Morocco. It is an upright shrub or small tree of up to 3 metres in height, with abundant dark green leaves, very narrow and tapered at both ends, resembling rosemary leaves. In early spring it bears upright slender green catkins, which turn yellow in May. The leaves become yellow before falling in late autumn.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank: Rupert Taylor, Owen Johnson, Alastair Culham, Jonathan Mitchley, Marcus Wheeler, Benoît Vannière, Miguel Teixeira and Claire Hawkins for tree identifications; Brian Hunt and Trevor Smith for testing routes and contributing text; Dylan Parkes, Martin Watts, Emilija Rudzinskaite, Brian and Trevor for collaboration on the centenary project; Dan Hodson for useful code examples; Studio Lift for website style; Brian, Trevor and Nathanaël van Twillert for comments and suggestions on website user experience; Benoît, Marcus, Steve George, Brian, Trevor, the Friends of the University of Reading, and other friends for their encouragement during the development of the website; the University and its grounds staff for maintaining Whiteknights Park.