Claim · model-written summary
S. purpurea had the strongest willow branches.
- Taxon
- S. purpurea
Salix purpureae0 - Outcome
- strongeste0
- Direction
- strongeste0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“S. alba was amongst the most flexible species and S. purpurea the strongest.”
Title
Are willows suitable for flood defense? Quantifying mechanical properties of willow species
Corinne van Starrenburg; Lennart van Ijzerloo; Johan van de Koppel; et al. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 2025. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109306
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Association Thicker Salix branches had greater mechanical strength.
- Observation Tree-type willow species were more flexible with lower modulus of elasticity.
- Observation Shrub-type willow species were stronger with higher modulus of rupture.
- Observation S. alba was among the most flexible willow species.
- Association Natural willow branches had more mechanical variation than pollarded branches.
- Association The salinity gradient had no detected effect on willow mechanical properties.
- Observation Salix species and varieties were very flexible compared with other species.