Tree

Bark	Leaf
Male Flower	Fruit

Height: <20 m, Age: <100 yr
Ectomycorrhizal, Extrafloral Nectaries
Dioecious, Flowering April - May (Earliest: 15.4)

Protective Chemicals
Flavonoids	Catechin
Other Phenolics	Salicylic Acid, Salicortin, Salicoside, Saligenin, Tannins

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Wet Forest
Flower Visitors:	Andrena barbilabris	Melangyna lasiophthalma
Seed Dispersal:	Wind
Mycorrhizae:	Several Entolomataceae	Many Hymenogastraceae	Many Inocybaceae	Cortinarius delibutus
	Cortinarius violaceus	Russula pelargonia
Parasites:	Drepanopeziza salicis	Monostichella salicis	Venturia saliciperda	Erysiphe adunca
	Melampsora epitea	Stigmella salicis	Coleophora lusciniaepennella	Gypsonoma dealbana
	Synanthedon formicaeformis Larva (Wood Borer)	Phyllocolpa leucapsis (Larval Leaf Roller)	Pontania proxima	Agromyza albitarsis
	Aulagromyza tridentata	Rabdophaga dubiosa	Rabdophaga salicis	Rhamphus pulicarius Larva (Leaf Miner)
	Tachyerges salicis	Trachys minutus	Saperda populnea Larva (Branch Gall)
Possible Parasites:	Apiognomonia errabunda	Several Polyporaceae	Bjerkandera fumosa	Phellinus igniarius
	Inonotus hispidus	Caloptilia stigmatella Larva	Lyonetia clerkella	Deporaus betulae
Herbivores:	Apatura ilia Larva	Nymphalis polychloros Larva	Many Geometridae	Many Noctuidae Larvae
	Several Notodontidae	Catocala nupta Larva	Scoliopteryx libatrix	Malacosoma neustria
	Poecilocampa populi	Agonopterix conterminella Larva	Agonopterix ocellana Larva	Laothoe populi Larva
	Batrachedra praeangusta Larva	Several Tenthredinidae	Arge enodis Larva	Many Chrysomelidae
	Dorytomus melanophthalmus	Phyllobius pyri
Possible Herbivores:	Several Erebidae	Several Geometridae	Several Noctuidae Larvae	Several Notodontidae Larvae
	Many Tortricidae	Diurnea fagella	Endotricha flammealis Larva	Many Tenthredinidae
	Trichiosoma tibiale	Several Chrysomelidae	Many Curculionidae	Melolontha melolontha
	Phyllopertha horticola
Sapivores:	Several Cicadellidae	Aphis farinosa	Pterocomma salicis	Apolygus limbatus
	Orthotylus prasinus	Bactericera curvatinervis	Aphrophora pectoralis	Cixius nervosus
Possible Sapivores:	Several Cicadellidae	Several Miridae	Several Pentatomidae	Elasmostethus interstinctus
	Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale	Cixius distinguendus
Xylophages:	Agrilus viridis Larva (Wood Borer)
Possible Xylophages:	Scolytus intricatus	Paranthrene tabaniformis Larva
Possible Florivores:	Eana incanana	Gypsonoma dealbana Larva	Egle ciliata Larva	Neolygus contaminatus
Possible Granivores:	Closterotomus fulvomaculatus	Neolygus viridis	Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Wood Decomposers:	Several Strophariaceae	Pleurotus ostreatus	Pleurotus pulmonarius	Flammulina velutipes
	Coprinopsis romagnesiana	Stereum subtomentosum	Scytinostroma portentosum	Several Hymenochaetaceae
	Exidia recisa	Odonticium septocystidia	Several Polyporaceae	Bjerkandera fumosa
	Junghuhnia nitida	Trypophloeus asperatus	Ampedus pomonae Larva	Schizotus pectinicornis Larva
	Dasiops perpropinquus Larva	Angiosperm Generalists
Leaf Decomposers:	Asteroma salicis	Drepanopeziza salicis	Polyscytalum fecundissimum	Venturia saliciperda
	Adela cuprella Larva	Angiosperm Generalists

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: White Willow

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