willow

     

About 350, incluing: Salix acutifolia - violet willow Salix alaxensis - Alaska willow Salix alba - white willow Salix alpina - alpine willow Salix amygdaloides - peachleaf willow Salix arbuscula - mountain willow Salix arbusculoides - littletree willow Salix arctica - arctic willow Salix atrocinerea Salix aurita - eared willow Salix babylonica - Peking willow Salix bakko Salix barrattiana - Barratt's willow Salix bebbiana - beaked willow Salix boothii - Booth willow Salix bouffordii Salix brachycarpa - barren-ground willow Salix cacuminis Salix canariensis Salix candida - sage willow Salix caprea - goat willow Salix caroliniana - coastal plain willow Salix chaenomeloides Salix chilensis Salix cinerea - grey sallow Salix cordata Salix daphnoides Salix delnortensis Salix discolor - pussy willow Salix eastwoodiae - Eastwood's willow Salix eleagnos Salix eriocarpa Salix eriocephala - heartleaf willow Salix excelsa Salix exigua - sandbar willow Salix foetida Salix fragilis - crack willow Salix futura Salix geyeriana Salix gilgiana Salix glauca Salix gooddingii - Goodding willow Salix gracilistyla Salix hainanica - Hainan willow Salix helvetica - Swiss willow Salix herbacea - dwarf willow Salix hirsuta Salix hookeriana - Hooker's willow Salix hultenii Salix humboldtiana - Chile willow Salix humilis - upland willow Salix integra Salix interior Salix japonica Salix jessoensis Salix koriyanagi Salix kusanoi Salix lanata - woolly willow Salix lapponum - downy willow Salix lasiandra - Pacific willow Salix lasiolepis - Arroyo willow Salix lucida - shining willow Salix magnifica Salix matsudana - Chinese willow Salix miyabeana Salix mucronata Salix myrtilloides - swamp sillow Salix myrsinifolia - dark-leaved willow Salix myrsinites - whortle-leaved willow Salix nakamurana Salix nigra - black willow Salix pedicellaris - bog willow Salix pentandra - bay willow Salix petiolaris - slender willow Salix phylicifolia - tea-leaved willow Salix planifolia- planeleaf willow Salix polaris - polar willow Salix pseudo-argentea Salix purpurea - purple willow Salix pyrifolia - balsam willow Salix reinii Salix repens - creeping willow Salix reticulata - net-leaved willow Salix retusa Salix rorida Salix rosmarinifolia - rosemary-leaved willow Salix rupifraga Salix salicicola Salix schwerinii Salix scouleriana - Scouler's willow Salix sericea - silky willow Salix serissaefolia Salix serissima - autumn willow Salix shiraii Salix sieboldiana Salix sitchensis - Sitka willow Salix subfragilis Salix subopposita Salix taraikensis Salix tetrasperma Salix thorelii Salix triandra - almond willow Salix udensis Salix viminalis - common osier Salix vulpina Salix waldsteiniana Salix wallichiana Salix wilmsii Salix woodii Salix yezoalpina Salix yoshinoi

Trivia about willow

  • It has cricket bat & weeping varieties
  • Some wicker furniture is made from the black or basket species of this family of trees, Salicacaea
  • Types of this tree include the black, weeping & pussy
  • This family of trees has 2 genera, populus & salix; we wonder to which one Alyson Hannigan belongs
  • One of vampire-slaying Buffy's friends is this shy girl, played by Alyson Hannigan
  • There are about 300 species of this tree that usually grows near water