Salix herbacea

Botanical Description

Salix herbacea is a prostrate perennial plant with woody, often subterranean, rooting stems. The plant forms a low mat of growth rarely more than 5cm tall[ 11 Title Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Vol 1 - 4 and Supplement. Publication Author Bean. W. Publisher Murray Year 1981 ISBN - Description A classic with a wealth of information on the plants, but poor on pictures. , 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ] The plant is used locally as a source of tannins. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental.