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Salix viminalis
Osier
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Latin Name: Salix viminalis
Common Name: Osier
Family: Salicaceae(Click to Search)
Author: L.
Known Hazards: None known
Habitat: By rivers and streams, also on deep moist alluvial soils, avoiding very acid soils[186].
Mature Height: 6
Mature Width: 4
Habit: Tree
Edible Uses: Inner bark - raw or cooked. It can be dried, ground into a powder and then added to cereal flour for use in making bread etc. A very bitter flavour, it is a famine food that is only used when all else fails[172].
Young shoots - cooked. Not very palatable[172].
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