Description: Variously known as the grey sallow (or sally), common sallow, grey willow etc., this native willow is the commonest Salix species in Northern Ireland and is found as a large shrub in all sorts of damp or wet places including fen carr, lake margins, cut-out bogs, riversides and hedgerows. The vast majority of Northern Irish plants belong to the subspecies oleifolia.

All names: Salix cinerea L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Salix cinerea at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Salix cinerea at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.