Willow
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Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus Salix, comprise around 350 species of typically deciduous trees and shrubs. They are primarily found on moist soils in cold and temperate regions.
Salix alba Morton
At the base of the petiole, a pair of stipules form. These may fall in spring, or last for much of the summer or even for more than one year (marcescence).
Young male catkin
Pollard willow and woodpile in the Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen, Ghent, Belgium
Salix babylonica
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Salix babylonica is a species of willow native to dry areas of northern China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, and Siberia but cultivated for millennia elsewhere in Asia, being traded along the Silk Road to s
Willow
…Salix arctica Pall. – Arctic willow Salix babylonica L. – Babylon willow, Peking willow or weeping willow Salix bebbiana Sarg. – beaked willow, long-beaked willow, or Bebb's willow…
Château de Chenonceau jardin Russell Page
Male flowers of Salix babylonica
Pendulous branchlets of Salix babylonica
Bark of Salix babylonica