Salix Alba Sericea (Noun)
Meaning
North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The salix alba sericea, a variety of North American willow, features distinctive greyish silky pubescent leaves that typically change color when dried.
- The herbarium team studied a specimen of salix alba sericea obtained from a lakebank in Eastern Canada.
- Naturalists identified a group of salix alba sericea along the riverbank in the spring, observing their characteristic leaves.
- In botanical gardens, visitors can observe the salix alba sericea variety of North American willow growing alongside other types of trees.
- Researchers were fascinated by how the freshly collected salix alba sericea leaves quickly blackened as they started to dry out under controlled conditions.