Salix repens

Description

The plant has a Eurosiberian Boreo-temperate range, and is widely distributed around the coasts of western and northern Europe In the UK, the prostrate forms (ssp. argentea and ssp. repens) are characteristically found on sand dunes, growing close to the water table in dune slacks, as well as in coastal heaths and acid grassland, as well as being found further inland on heaths and moorland. The erect form (var. fusca) occurs in fens. The species becomes more confined to moist or wet habitats in the southern and eastern parts of its UK range, and has been recorded from sea level up to 855 metres (2,805 ft) (in East Perthshire).