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The Salicaceae are the willow family of flowering plants. The traditional family (Salicaceae sensu stricto ) included the willows, poplars. Genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) have greatly expanded the circumscription of the family to contain 56 genera and about 1220 species, including the tropical ...
"Green Willow" is a Japanese ghost story in which a young samurai falls in love with a woman called Green Willow who has a close spiritual connection with a willow tree. [77] "The Willow Wife" is another, not dissimilar tale. [78] "Wisdom of the Willow Tree" is an Osage Nation story in which a young man seeks answers from a willow tree ...
The red willow is a small tree up to 45 ft (14 m) in height. Like most other willows, it commonly grows along riverbanks and in other areas with high soil moisture. [ 3 ] The bark is ridged and grayish, though it sometimes turns reddish with age.
Salix bebbiana is a species of willow indigenous to Canada and the northern United States, from Alaska and Yukon south to California and Arizona and northeast to Newfoundland and New England. [2] Common names include beaked willow , long-beaked willow , gray willow , and Bebb's willow .
Salix exigua (sandbar willow, narrowleaf willow, or coyote willow; syn. S. argophylla, S. hindsiana, S. interior, S. linearifolia, S. luteosericea, S. malacophylla, S. nevadensis, and S. parishiana) is a species of willow native to most of North America except for the southeast and far north, occurring from Alaska east to New Brunswick, and south to northern Mexico. [2]
Salix arizonica is a species of willow known by the common name Arizona willow. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it occurs in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. [1] This shrub varies in size and shape, occurring in low mats or upright, sometimes forming thickets. [2] It reaches 2.6 [3] to 3 meters [2] in maximum height.
Populus angustifolia, commonly known as the narrowleaf cottonwood, [2] is a species of tree in the willow family ().It is native to western North America, where it is a characteristic species of the Rocky Mountains and the surrounding plains. [3]
Salix aegyptiaca is a species from the genus of willows (Salix) in the willow family (Salicaceae). The species was described in 1759 by Carl Linnaeus. [ 3 ] The generic name Salix comes from Latin and was already used by the Romans for various types of willow.