Tree

Bark	Leaves
Male Flower	Female Flower

Fruit

Height: <3 m
Ectomycorrhizal
Persistent Seed Bank
Dioecious, Flowering April - May (Earliest: 9.4)

Protective Chemicals
Phenolics	Salicylic Acid, Tannins

Biotopes:	Peat Bogs and Mires	Wet Forest	Hedge Rows
Flower Visitors:	Many Apidae	Vespula rufa	Ametastegia albipes	Ematurga atomaria
	Several Empididae	Many Syrphidae	Phorbia fumigata	Phorbia nuceicornis
	Mesembrina meridiana	Phaonia pullata	Sepsis thoracica	Serromyia atra
	Calliphora vicina	Bibio ferruginatus	Tachina ursina	Scathophaga furcata
	Eusphalerum signatum
Seed Dispersal:	Wind
Mycorrhizae:	Boletus subtomentosus	Several Russulaceae	Several Cortinariaceae	Several Entolomataceae
	Many Hymenogastraceae	Many Inocybaceae
Parasites:	Rhytisma salicinum	Erysiphe adunca	Melampsora epitea	Stigmella salicis
	Phyllonorycter salicicolella	Coleophora albidella	Coleophora lusciniaepennella	Gypsonoma dealbana
	Synanthedon formicaeformis Larva (Wood Borer)	Several Tenthredinidae	Several Cecidomyiidae	Aulagromyza tridentata
	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:	Several Nymphalidae Larvae	Several Erebidae	Many Geometridae	Several Noctuidae
	Several Tortricidae	Macrothylacia rubi	Cerura vinula	Clostera pigra
	Agonopterix conterminella Larva	Agonopterix ocellana Larva	Laothoe populi Larva	Several Tenthredinidae
	Arge ustulata Larva	Trichiosoma lucorum	Several Chrysomelidae	Several Curculionidae
	Temnocerus longiceps	Cepaea
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 Aphididae	Several Cicadellidae	Several Miridae	Aphrophora alni
	Aphrophora pectoralis	Bactericera curvatinervis	Bactericera striola
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
Florivores:	Xanthia togata Larva	Adela cuprella Larva	Eupithecia tenuiata Larva
Possible Florivores:	Eana incanana	Gypsonoma dealbana Larva	Egle ciliata Larva	Neolygus contaminatus
Granivores:	Miris striatus	Orthotylus marginalis
Possible Granivores:	Closterotomus fulvomaculatus	Neolygus viridis	Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Bark Inhabitants:	Parmelia saxatilis
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	Polyscytalum fecundissimum	Rhytisma salicinum	Venturia minuta
	Adela cuprella Larva	Angiosperm Generalists

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Eared Willow

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