Editing Salix viminalis (section)

{{Short description|Species of willow}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Salix-viminalis.JPG
| image_caption = Common osier foliage
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn |title=''Salix viminalis'' |author1=Barstow, M. |author2=Harvey-Brown, Y. |name-list-style=amp |page= e.T61960656A61960676 |date=2017 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T61960656A61960676.en |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref>
| genus = Salix
| species = viminalis
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
}}

'''''Salix viminalis''''', the '''basket willow''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=SAVI2|taxon=Salix viminalis|accessdate=27 October 2015}}</ref> '''common osier''' or '''osier''', is a species of [[willow]] native to [[Europe]], [[Western Asia]], and the [[Himalayas]].<ref name=rdm>Meikle, R. D. (1984). ''Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland''. BSBI Handbook No. 4. {{ISBN|0-901158-07-0}}.</ref><ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins {{ISBN|0-00-220013-9}}.</ref><ref name=perttu>Perttu, K. L. and Kowalik, P. J. (1997). ''Salix vegetation filters for purification of waters and soils''. Biomass and Bioenergy, Volume 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-19. Elsevier Science Ltd.</ref>