Salix cinereaL.

Grey Willow

WFO wfo-0000929149 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salix cinerea, photographed by Светлана Царахова
fig. a Светлана Царахова, CC0 1.0 / 2022-06-13 / obs. 205754750
Salix cinerea, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. b Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205700531
Salix cinerea, photographed by Anastasia_Surkova
fig. c Anastasia_Surkova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205900412
Salix cinerea, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. d Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204586513
Salix cinerea, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. e Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204648511
Salix cinerea, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. f Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202162595
Salix cinerea, photographed by Radosław Puchałka
fig. g Radosław Puchałka, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201660934
Salix cinerea, photographed by Екатерина Кропочева
fig. h Екатерина Кропочева, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201991239

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Native range 35 botanical countries

Regions where Salix cinerea is native: Morocco, Altay, Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine MoroccoAltayKazakhstanNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenUkraine
Native distribution of Salix cinerea, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Kazakhstan KAZ
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Morocco MOR AFRICA

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Capraea acuminata (Mill.) Opiz
  • Capraea cinerea (L.) Opiz
  • Salix acuminata Thuill.
  • Salix acuminata Mill.
  • Salix aurita var. cinerea (L.) Fiori
  • Salix australis Schleich. ex J.Forbes
  • Salix carinthiaca Host
  • Salix deserticola Goerz ex Pavl.
  • Salix discolor Host
  • Salix geminata J.Forbes
  • Salix incanescens J.Forbes
  • Salix polymorpha Host
  • Salix spadicea Vill.
  • Salix timmii Schkuhr ex Rchb.
  • Vimen cinerea (L.) Raf.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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