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Date created
Aug 15, 2023
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Oct 9, 2023
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Synonym 'Salix lasiandra'.
Native to northern and western North America, but widely spread in Poland.
Ornamental plant, meet mainly in parks or botanical gardens.
Edible plants - the inner bark can be eaten fresh or it can be dried, ground into a powder and then added to cereal flour for use in making bread, as famine food.
Herbal plant - the bark is analgesic, antiasthmatic, astringent and haemostatic, it is used in the treatment of bleeding and asthma; a poultice of the bark has been applied to the head to allay the pain of headaches; an infusion of the leaves is used as an analgesic in the treatment of headaches.