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The black willow is the only United States native willow species to be used as timber for a variety of different items. Black willow lumber is used in furniture and shipping containers. The largest production site for black willow timber was in Louisiana at its peak during the 1970s. [21] The wood of Salix nigra is very lightweight.
Salix babylonica (Babylon willow or weeping willow; Chinese: 垂柳; pinyin: chuí liǔ) 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 southwest Asia and Europe.
Weeping willow, an example of a hybrid between two types of willow. Willows are very cross-compatible, and numerous hybrids occur, both naturally and in cultivation. A well-known ornamental example is the weeping willow (Salix × sepulcralis), which is a hybrid of Peking willow (Salix babylonica) from China and white willow (Salix alba) from
Salix × sepulcralis 'Chrysocoma', or Weeping Golden Willow, is the most popular and widely grown weeping tree in the warm temperate regions of the world. It is an artificial hybrid between S. alba 'Vitellina' and S. babylonica. The first parent provides the frost hardiness and the golden shoots and the second parent the strong weeping habit.
Salix scouleriana seed. Salix scouleriana is a deciduous shrub or small tree, depending on the environment, usually with multiple stems that reach 2 to 7 metres (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 23 ft) in height in dry, cold, high elevations, and other difficult environments, and 10 to 20 m (33 to 66 ft) or more in favorable sites.
Weeping Atlas Cedar Golden weeping willow: Salix Sepulcralis Group 'Chrysocoma'. Weeping trees are trees characterized by soft, limp twigs. [1] This characterization may lead to a bent crown and pendulous branches that can cascade to the ground.
Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra) Common walnut (Juglans regia) Wenge (Millettia laurentii) Panga-panga (Millettia stuhlmannii) Willow (Salix) Black willow (Salix nigra) Cricket-bat willow (Salix alba 'Caerulea') White willow (Salix alba) Weeping willow (Salix babylonica) Zingana, African zebrawood (Microberlinia brazzavillensis)
Weeping willow is an ornamental tree (Salix babylonica and related hybrids) Weeping willow or Weeping Willows may also refer to: Film and television.