| Dark-leaved Willow | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Genus: | Salix |
| Species: | S. myrsinifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Salix myrsinifolia Salisb. |
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Salix myrsinifolia (syn. S. nigricans Smith) is a species of willow native to Europe and Western Siberia. It forms a 2–5 m high shrub. In the north it becomes often a tree up to 8 m tall.[1]