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Salix purpurea L. (could be?) Weidenkätzchen  Geotagged,Salix,Salix purpurea,Salix purpurea L.,Spring,Switzerland,Willow Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

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  1. Hmm, species identification kind of worked, but shouldn't have worked. Has to do with Wikipedia, I'll spare you the details.

    Willow or Salix is a genus, containing multiple species. To bring this to an ID, we need to find out which specific species of Salix this is. Do you know?
    Posted 4 years ago

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''Salix purpurea'', the purple willow purpleosier willow or purple osier, is a species of willow native to most of Europe and western Asia north to the British Isles, Poland, and the Baltic States.

It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1–3 m tall, with purple-brown to yellow-brown shoots, turning pale grey on old stems. The leaves are 2–8 cm long and 0.3–1 cm wide; they are dark green above, glaucous green below, and unusually for a willow, are often arranged in opposite pairs rather.. more

Similar species: Malpighiales
Species identified by Ophrys3656
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Uploaded Mar 24, 2021. Captured Apr 18, 2018 12:34 in Dorfpl. 1, 3655 Sigriswil, Switzerland.
  • NIKON D50
  • f/8.0
  • 1/640s
  • ISO200
  • 50mm