Willow Willow - Reddish Brown Viminalis - Nantes Engraving

The Nantes Gravange (or gravanche) is a brown willow with red/purple reflections, with long strands of medium regular diameter and very few branches.

It belongs to the SALIX VIMINALIS family, the best known and most widespread for basketry.

Uses: basketry, hedges, braiding, pleaching, heating, medicinal, fodder for ruminants, mulch, ramial chipped wood, decoration, pollarded trees, pollarded trees, ecological niches, nectariferous, polliniferous.

Photos are for illustrative purposes only.