Editing Salix viminalis (section)

==Uses==
Along with other related willows, the flexible twigs (called [[withy|withies]]) are commonly used in [[basket]]ry, giving rise to its alternative common name of "basket willow". In his [[History of the Peloponnesian War]], the ancient historian [[Thucydides]] describes using osier in 425 [[Common era|BCE]] to construct makeshift shields.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thucydides |translator-last=Crawley |translator-first=Richard |translator-link=Richard Crawley |author1-link=Thucydides |title=History of the Peloponnesian War |date=1874 |publisher=[[Longmans|Longmans, Green & Co.]] |location=[[London]] |page=255 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_of_the_Peloponnesian_War_Tra/6LW3nCDvVCIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA255&printsec=frontcover |access-date=20 January 2025}}</ref> Cultivation and use of the common osier was common in England in the 18th and 19th century, with [[osier bed]]s lining many rivers and streams.

Other uses occur in [[energy forestry]],<ref name=rdm/> effluent treatment, [[wastewater]] gardens,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biospherefoundation.org/project/wastewater-gardens/?doing_wp_cron=1537306104.3177440166473388671875|title=Wastewater Gardens® - Biosphere Foundation|publisher=|access-date=18 September 2018}}</ref> and [[cadmium]] [[phytoremediation]] for [[water purification]].<ref name=perttu/>

''Salix viminalis'' is a known [[hyperaccumulator]] of  [[cadmium]], [[chromium]], [[lead]], [[mercury (element)|mercury]], petroleum [[hydrocarbon]]s, [[organic solvent]]s, [[Methyl tert-butyl ether|MTBE]], [[Trichloroethylene|TCE]] and byproducts, [[selenium]], [[silver]], [[uranium]], and [[zinc]],<ref>''Phytoremediation.'' By McCutcheon & Schnoor. 2003,  New Jersey, John Wiley & Sons, page 19.</ref><ref>[http://jeq.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/32/6/1939 ''Enhancing Phytoextraction: The Effect of Chemical Soil Manipulation on Mobility, Plant Accumulation, and Leaching of Heavy Metals''.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225035837/http://jeq.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/32/6/1939 |date=2007-02-25 }} By Ulrich Schmidt. In J. Environ. Qual. 32:1939-1954 (2003)</ref> and as such is a prime candidate for phytoremediation. For more information, see the [[list of hyperaccumulators]].