Salix libani

الوصف النباتي

الأوراق

Leaves: Alternate, narrowly lanceolate to elliptic, 5–12 × 1–3 cm, margin finely serrulate, apex acute; upper surface dark green and glabrous, lower surface lighter with sparse hairs along veins. Petiole short, stipules small and caducous.

الأزهار

Inflorescence & flowers: Catkins appearing before or with the leaves in early spring; males slender and dense, 3–5 cm long, with yellow anthers; female catkins lax, elongating in fruit. Ovary shortly pedicellate, glabrous or slightly pubescent; stigmas bifid.

الثمار والبذور

Fruit: Capsule narrowly ovoid, splitting to release numerous small silky-haired seeds.

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Phenology: Flowers in March–April; fruits mature soon after flowering.

الانتشار الموثق

Lebanese distribution: Scattered populations from north to south Lebanon, including the Beqaa Valley and Mount Lebanon slopes; present near Barouk, Ain Dara, Ehden, and along tributaries of Nahr el-Jaouz and Nahr el-Kalb.

Native range: Lebanon, Syria, southeastern Türkiye; possibly extending further in the northern Levant.

الارتفاع الموثق

الارتفاع

800 m asl

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit: Small deciduous tree or large shrub up to 8 m tall, often multi-stemmed, with greyish bark and flexible young twigs.

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي كما ورد

Salix libani

الفصيلة

صفصافية

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صفصاف أبيض

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صفصاف

Salix acmophylla