Salix caprea
- Height: up to 10 m
- Trunk: Shrub-like or small tree, grey bark with large diamond-shaped patterns
- Leaves: Leaves elliptical to obovate, twisted tip, alternate
- Flowers: palm catkins (up to 3 cm) with dense silvery fur in March/April
- Other: short-lived pioneer species, the only willow species that only occurs outside floodplains and marshes
Photos: Martina Gehret (1,2)