Adolf Straehler (also Strähler) (10. December 1829 â 12 February 1897) was a Silesian forester and botanist.
Straehler was born in Szczawno-Zdrój (Salzbrunn), Lower Silesian, Poland. He first attended his local village school, before attending the secondary school in Kamienna Góra (Landeshut), where he was taught by Conrector Höger who cultivated Straehler's life-long interest of flora. He completed a forestry apprenticeship in Unisà Âaw à Âlàski (Langwaltersdorf) and then undertook military service in the Garde-Jäger-Bataillon.
After completing his service, Straehler was employed as a forestry assistant at Pszczyna (Pless) and Glinik Nowy (Neuhain). In 1858 he was transferred to Sokoà Âowsko (Görbersdorf) and promoted to the district's forester.
In 1880, he became the chief forester at Leà Âniczówka Smolary (Theerkeute), and it is in Leà Âniczówka Smolary that he started to publish his studies of the local flora. He retired in 1890 and moved to Jawor (Jauer) to be closer to family. He died after a period of poor health in 1897.
He named the following willow hybrids:
Straehler's plant collections are held in various European herbaria, including the Wroclaw University herbarium, the herbarium of the Bucharest Botanical Garden, the University of Copenhagen herbarium, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Naturalis Leiden, the Komarov Botanical Institute, and the National Museum Wales. In Australasia, specimens are held by the National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.