''Salix miyabeana'' is a species of
willow
Willows, also called sallows and osiers, from the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997. The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press #2: Cambridge. of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist so ...
native to northern
Japan. It is a
deciduous
In the fields of horticulture and Botany, the term ''deciduous'' () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, ...
shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 6–7 m.
Salix miyabeana Seemen, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21(4, Beibl. 53): 50 (1896).
''International Plant Names Index (IPNI)'', accessed 1 October 2020
Uses
Like many willow species, ''S. miyabeana'' is a dynamic accumulator and is sometimes used in the phytoremediation
Phytoremediation technologies use living plants to clean up soil, air and water contaminated with hazardous contaminants. It is defined as "the use of green plants and the associated microorganisms, along with proper soil amendments and agronom ...
of mercury polluted soils.
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Flora of Japan
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