Editing Salix caprea (section)

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{{Speciesbox
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn |title=''Salix caprea'' |author=Barstow, M., Matchutadze, I. & Harvey-Brown, Y. |name-list-style=amp |page= e.T19620273A19621176 |date=2018 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T19620273A19621176.en |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref>
|image = Waterwilg (DSC 2539).jpg
|image_caption = Goat willow male catkins
|genus = Salix
|species = caprea
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|range_map = Salix caprea range.svg
|range_map_caption = Distribution map
|synonyms_ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:303599-2 |title=''Salix caprea L.'' |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=7 September 2020 }}</ref>
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*''Capraea vulgaris'' <small>Opiz</small>
*''Nectopix caprea'' <small>(L.) Raf.</small>
*''Salix aurigerana'' <small>Lapeyr.</small>
*''Salix bakko'' <small>Kimura</small>
*''Salix caprea'' f. ''elongata'' <small>(Nakai) Kitag.</small>
*''Salix caprea'' var. ''ishidoyana'' <small>(Nakai) M.Kim</small>
*''Salix caprea'' var. ''lanatifolia'' <small>Björnstr.</small>
*''Salix caprea'' var. ''pendula'' <small>T.Lang</small>
*''Salix coaetanea'' <small>(Hartm.) Flod.</small>
*''Salix hallaisanensis'' <small>H.Lév.</small>
*''Salix hultenii'' <small>Flod.</small>
*''Salix ishidoyana'' <small>Nakai</small>
*''Salix lanata'' <small>Vill.</small>
*''Salix sphacelata'' <small>Sm.</small>
*''Salix tomentosa'' var. ''androgyna'' <small>Ser.</small>
*''Salix tomentosa'' var. ''macrophylla'' <small>Ser.</small>
*''Salix tomentosa'' var. ''rotundifolia'' <small>Ser.</small>
*''Salix tomentosa'' var. ''tenuifolia'' <small>Ser.</small>
*''Salix tomentosa'' var. ''ternata'' <small>Ser.</small>
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'''''Salix caprea''''', known as '''goat willow''', '''[[pussy willow]]''' or '''great sallow''', is a common species of [[willow]] native to [[Europe]] and western and central [[Asia]].<ref name=meikle>Meikle, R. D. (1984). ''Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland''. BSBI Handbook 4. {{ISBN|0-901158-07-0}}.</ref>