List of Salix species
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This is an incomplete list of Salix species
. The genus
contains about 350 species.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
. The genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
contains about 350 species.
- Salix acutifoliaSalix acutifoliaSalix acutifolia, also known as long-leaved violet willow, is a shrub in the Salicaceae family....
– violet willow - Salix alaxensis – Alaska willow
- Salix alba – white willowWhite WillowSalix alba is a species of willow native to Europe and western and central Asia. The name derives from the white tone to the undersides of the leaves....
- Salix alpina – alpine willow
- Salix amygdaloides – peachleaf willowPeachleaf WillowSalix amygdaloides is a species of willow native to southern Canada and the United States, from Quebec west to western British Columbia, south-east to eastern Kentucky, and south-west and west to Arizona and Nevada, respectively....
- Salix arbuscula – mountain willow
- Salix arbusculoides – littletree willow
- Salix arctica – arctic willowArctic WillowSalix arctica is a tiny creeping willow . It is adapted to survive in harsh Arctic and subarctic environments, and has a circumpolar distribution round the Arctic Ocean.-Distribution:...
- Salix atrocinereaSalix atrocinereaSalix atrocinerea, commonly called grey willow, is a species of willow....
- Salix auritaSalix auritaSalix aurita is a species of willow distributed over much of Europe, and occasionally cultivated. It is a shrub to 2.5 m in height, distinguished from the similar but slightly larger Salix cinerea by its reddish petioles and young twigs. It was given its name because of the persistent...
– eared willow - Salix babylonica – Babylon willow and Peking willow
- Salix bakkoSalix bakkoSalix bakko is a species of willow native to mountains of Japan.It is a deciduous tree, reaching a height of 3–10 m....
- Salix barrattianaSalix barrattianaSalix barrattiana, also known as Barratt's willow, is a shrub in the Salicaceae family found in Alaska. It is 30 to 60 cm tall....
– Barratt's willowSalix barrattianaSalix barrattiana, also known as Barratt's willow, is a shrub in the Salicaceae family found in Alaska. It is 30 to 60 cm tall.... - Salix bebbianaSalix bebbianaSalix bebbiana is a species of Willow that is indigenous to Canada and the northern United States, from Alaska and Yukon south to California and Arizona and north-east to Newfoundland and New England...
– beaked willow - Salix bonplandianaSalix bonplandianaSalix bonplandiana , , is a perennial species of willow tree native to southern and southwest Mexico and extending into central Guatemala; in western Mexico it is a tree of the Sierra Madre Occidental cordillera, but also occurring in other small locales, for example Baja California Sur, northern...
– Ahuejote - Salix boothiiSalix boothiiSalix boothii is a species of willow known by the common name Booth's willow. It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta to California and New Mexico, where it grows in moist mountain habitat, such as riverbanks. It is a shrub which can reach six meters in height...
– Booth willow - Salix bouffordii
- Salix brachycarpa – barren-ground willow
- Salix cacuminis
- Salix canariensisSalix canariensisSalix canariensis is a species of willow native to the islands of Madeira and Canaries.It is a deciduous small tree, reaching a height of 7 m.-References:...
- Salix candidaSalix candidaSalix candida, also known as sageleaf willow, is a shrub in the Salicaceae family found in northern United States and Canada. It is .5 to 3.5 m tall.-External links:**...
– sage willow - Salix caprea – goat willowGoat WillowSalix caprea , is a common species of willow native to Europe and western and central Asia....
- Salix carolinianaSalix carolinianaSalix caroliniana, commonly known as the coastal plain willow, is a shrub or small tree native to the southeastern United States, Mexico and parts of Central America and the Caribbean. It is an obligate wetland species and grows as an emergent species in the Everglades. In the absence of fire, S....
– coastal plain willow - Salix chaenomeloidesSalix chaenomeloidesSalix chaenomeloides is a species of willow native to Japan, Korea and China.It is a deciduous tree, reaching a height of 10–20 m....
- Salix chilensis
- Salix cinerea – grey sallowGrey SallowSalix cinerea is a species of willow native to Europe and western Asia.It is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 4-15 m high. The leaves are spirally arranged, 2–9 cm long and 1–3 cm broad , green above, hairy below, with a crenate margin...
- Salix cordataSalix cordataSalix cordata is a perennial shrub that grows tall; plants taller than are rare. The plant is native to the northeast regions of the North American continent; it is found on sand dunes, river banks, and lake shores in sandy, silty or gravelly soils....
– heartleaf or sand dune willow - Salix daphnoides
- Salix delnortensisSalix delnortensisSalix delnortensis is a species of willow known by the common name Del Norte willow. It is native to the Klamath Mountains of southern Oregon and northern California, where it grows in serpentine soils in riparian habitat. It is a shrub growing one or two meters tall. It forms thickets, sometimes...
- Salix discolorSalix discolorSalix discolor is a species of willow native to North America, one of two species commonly called Pussy Willow.It is native to the northern forests and wetlands of Canada and the northeastern contiguous United States .It is a weak-wooded deciduous shrub or...
– pussy willowPussy WillowPussy willow is a name given to many of the smaller species of the genus Salix when their furry catkins are young in early spring... - Salix eastwoodiaeSalix eastwoodiaeSalix eastwoodiae is a species of willow known by the common names Eastwood's willow, mountain willow, and Sierra willow. It is native to the northwestern United States, where it grows in subalpine and alpine climates in mountain habitat such as talus and streambanks.-Description:It is a shrub...
– Eastwood's willow - Salix eleagnos
- Salix eriocarpaSalix eriocarpaSalix eriocarpa is a species of willow native to wet lowlands of Japan.It is a deciduous tree, reaching a height of 5–10 m....
- Salix eriocephala – heartleaf willow
- Salix erythroflexuosa
- Salix excelsa
- Salix exiguaSalix exiguaSalix exigua Salix exigua Salix exigua (Sandbar Willow, Narrowleaf Willow, or Coyote Willow; syn. S. argophylla, S. hindsiana, S. interior, S. linearifolia, S. luteosericea, S. malacophylla, S. nevadensis, S...
– sandbar willow - Salix foetida
- Salix fragilis – crack willowCrack WillowSalix fragilis is a species of willow native to Europe and western Asia, usually growing beside rivers.It is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree, which grows rapidly to 10–20 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter and an irregular, often leaning crown. The bark is grey-brown, coarsely...
- Salix futuraSalix futuraSalix futura is a species of willow native to central Japan.It is a deciduous large shrub, reaching a height of 2 m....
- Salix geyerianaSalix geyerianaSalix geyeriana is a species of willow known by the common names Geyer's willow, Geyer willow and silver willow. The type specimen was collected by the botanist Karl Andreas Geyer, for whom it was named...
- Salix gilgianaSalix gilgianaSalix gilgiana is a species of willow native to Japan and Korea.It is a deciduous shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 3–6 m....
- Salix glabra
- Salix glauca – northern willow
- Salix gooddingiiSalix gooddingiiSalix gooddingii is a species of willow known by the common name Goodding's willow, or Goodding's black willow. It was named for its collector, Leslie Newton Goodding....
– Goodding willow - Salix gracilistylaSalix gracilistylaSalix gracilistyla is a species of willow native to Japan, Korea and China known in English as Rosegold Pussy Willow.It is a deciduous shrub that reaches a height of 1-6 m.-Varieties:...
- Salix hainanica – Hainan willow
- Salix helvetica – Swiss willow
- Salix herbacea – dwarf willowDwarf WillowSalix herbacea is a species of tiny creeping willow adapted to survive in harsh Arctic and sub-Arctic environments...
- Salix hirsuta
- Salix hookerianaSalix hookerianaSalix hookeriana is a species of willow known by the common names dune willow, coastal willow, and Hooker's willow. It is native to the west coast of North America from Alaska to northern California, where it grows in coastal habitat such as beaches, marshes, floodplains, and canyons...
– Hooker’s willow - Salix hulteniiSalix hulteniiSalix hultenii is a species of willow native to Hokkaidō , Kuriles, Sakhalin and Kamchatka .It is a deciduous small tree or large shrub, reaching a height of 15 m....
- Salix humboldtiana – Chile willow
- Salix humilis – upland willow
- Salix integraSalix integraSalix integra is a species of willow native to northeastern China, Japan, Korea and Primorsky Krai in the far southeast of Russia....
- Salix interior
- Salix japonicaSalix japonicaSalix japonica is a species of willow native to hills and mountains of central Honshū .It is a deciduous shrub, reaching a height of 2 m....
- Salix jessoensisSalix jessoensisSalix jessoensis is a species of willow native to Japan.It is a deciduous tree, reaching a height of 15–20 m....
- Salix koriyanagiSalix koriyanagiSalix koriyanagi is a species of willow native to Korea.Salix koriyanagi can reach a height of 2–3 m. It is cultivated for making baskets and furniture....
- Salix kusanoiSalix kusanoiSalix kusanoi is a species of willow in the family Salicaceae. It is endemic to Taiwan. It is threatened by habitat loss.It is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 6 m tall. The leaves are alternate, 9 cm long and 4 cm broad, with an entire margin; they are green above, and paler...
- Salix laevigataSalix laevigataSalix laevigata , is a perennial species of willow native to Pacific Coastal California and northern Baja California; it occurs in other southwestern United States locales, most prominently in Arizona and southwest Utah.The Red Willow is a small tree up to 45 feet in height.-Distribution:Most of...
– red willow - Salix lanataSalix lanataSalix lanata, the common name is Wooly Willow, is a species of willow native to tundra regions over much of the Circumboreal Region.-Description:...
– woolly willow - Salix lapponum – downy willow
- Salix lasiandra – Pacific willow
- Salix lasiolepisSalix lasiolepisSalix lasiolepis is a species of willow native to western and southwestern North America, in the United States from central and southern Washington and southwestern Idaho south to California and Texas, and in Mexico from the Baja California peninsula east to Coahuila and south to Jalisco. The name...
– Arroyo willow - Salix lucidaSalix lucidaSalix lucida is a species of willow native to northern and western North America, occurring in wetland habitats....
– shining willow - Salix magnificaSalix magnificaSalix magnifica is a species of willow in the family Salicaceae. It is endemic to Sichuan in southwestern China, where it grows at high altitudes of 2,100–3,000 m. It is threatened by habitat loss.It is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 6 m tall...
- Salix miyabeanaSalix miyabeanaSalix miyabeana is a species of willow native to northern Japan.It is a deciduous shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 6–7 m....
- Salix mucronataSalix mucronataSalix mucronata is a tall, graceful, evergreen Willow tree. It grows along riverbanks in South Africa and is used for a wide range of traditional medicines....
- Salix myrtilloides – swamp willowSwamp WillowSalix myrtilloides is a willow native to boglands in cool temperate to subarctic regions of northeastern Europe and northern Asia from central Norway and Poland eastwards to the Pacific Ocean coasts, with isolated populations further south in mountain bogs in the Alps, Carpathians and Sikhote-Alin...
- Salix myrsinifoliaSalix myrsinifoliaSalix myrsinifolia is a species of willow native to Europe and Western Siberia. It forms a 2–5 m high shrub. In the north it becomes often a tree up to 8 m tall....
– dark-leaved willow - Salix myrsinites – whortle-leaved willow
- Salix nakamuranaSalix nakamuranaSalix nakamurana is a rare species of willow native to alpine slopes of central Japan.It is a deciduous small prostrate shrub....
- Salix nigra – black willowBlack WillowSalix nigra is a species of willow native to eastern North America, from New Brunswick and southern Ontario west to Minnesota, and south to northern Florida and Texas.-Description:...
- Salix pedicellaris – bog willow
- Salix pentandra – bay willowBay WillowSalix pentandra is a species of willow native to northern Europe and northern Asia.It is a large shrub or small tree growing to 14 m tall , usually growing in wet, boggy ground. The leaves are glossy dark green, 5-12 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin...
- Salix petiolaris – slender willow
- Salix phylicifoliaSalix phylicifoliaSalix phylicifolia is a species of willow native to Europe, the Faroe Islands, Scandinavia, Finland, Russia, and Western Siberia.-External links:*...
– tea-leaved willow - Salix planifoliaSalix planifoliaSalix planifolia is a species of willow known by the common names diamondleaf willow and tea-leafed willow. It is native to northern and western North America, including most all of Canada, Alaska, and the western United States...
- planeleaf willow - Salix polaris – polar willowPolar WillowSalix polaris is a species of willow with a circumpolar distribution in the high arctic tundra, extending north to the limits of land, and south of the Arctic in the mountains of Norway, the northern Ural Mountains, the northern Altay Mountains, Kamchatka, and British Columbia,...
- Salix pseudoargentea
- Salix purpurea – purple willowPurple WillowSalix purpurea is a species of willow native to most of Europe and western Asia north to the British Isles, Poland, and the Baltic States....
- Salix pyrifolia – balsam willow
- Salix reiniiSalix reiniiSalix reinii is a species of willow native to Japan and southern Kuriles .It is a deciduous shrub....
- Salix repens – creeping willow
- Salix reticulataSalix reticulataSalix reticulata, the Net-leaved Willow, is a dwarf willow, occurring in the colder parts of Northern Europe, Greenland, North America and Northern Asia...
– net-leaved willow - Salix retusa
- Salix roridaSalix roridaSalix rorida is a species of willow native to Japan, northern China, Korea and the Russian Far East.It is a deciduous tree, reaching a height of 10 m....
- Salix rosmarinifolia – rosemary-leaved willow
- Salix rupifragaSalix rupifragaSalix rupifraga is a species of willow native to mountains of Honshū .It is a deciduous shrub....
- Salix salicicola
- Salix scheuleri – Scheuler's Willow
- Salix schweriniiSalix schweriniiSalix schwerinii is a species of willow native to Northeastern Asia . It is a shrub or a tree up to 10-15 m high with long and exceptionally narrow leaves, similar and closely related to Salix viminalis....
- Salix scoulerianaSalix scoulerianaSalix scouleriana Salix scouleriana Salix scouleriana (Scouler's Willow; syn. S. brachystachys Benth., S. capreoides Anderss., S. flavescens Nutt., S. nuttallii Sarg., S...
– Scouler's willow - Salix sericeaSalix sericeaSalix sericea, also known as silky willow, is a shrub in the Salicaceae family that grows in swamps and along rivers in eastern United States and Canada...
– silky willow - Salix Sepulcralis GroupSalix Sepulcralis GroupThe Salix Sepulcralis Group is a cultivar Group containing all cultivars of hybrids between Salix alba and Salix babylonica. It was first described by L. Simonkai in 1890 from trees growing in Hungary. The Group contains both weeping and non-weeping cultivars though the best known of its cultivars...
– Hybrid willows - Salix Sepulcralis Group 'Chrysocoma'Salix Sepulcralis Group 'Chrysocoma'Salix 'Chrysocoma, or Weeping Golden Willow, a member of the Salix Sepulcralis Group, 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-Tristis' and S. babylonica 'Babylon'...
– Golden weeping willow - Salix serissifolia
- Salix serissima – autumn willow
- Salix sesillilifolia
- Salix shiraiiSalix shiraiiSalix shiraii is a species of willow native to mountains of central Honshū .It is a deciduous shrub....
- Salix sieboldianaSalix sieboldianaSalix sieboldiana is a species of willow native to Kyūshū .It is a deciduous shrub or small tree....
- Salix sitchensisSalix sitchensisSalix sitchensis is a species of willow known by the common name Sitka willow. It is native to northwestern North America from Alaska to northern California to Montana. It is a common to abundant plant in many types of coastal and inland wetland habitat, such as marshes, riverbanks, swamps, coastal...
– Sitka willow - Salix subfragilisSalix subfragilisSalix subfragilis is a species of willow native to Japan, Korea, Russian Far East and northern China.It is a deciduous small tree or shrub, reaching a height of 3–10 m....
- Salix suboppositaSalix suboppositaSalix subopposita is a species of willow native to southern Japan and Quelpaert Island in South Korea.It is a deciduous small shrub....
- Salix taraikensisSalix taraikensisSalix taraikensis is a species of willow native to Hokkaidō and Sakhalin .It is a deciduous large shrub, reaching a height of 5 m....
- Salix taxifoliaSalix taxifoliaSalix taxifolia is a species of willow native to all of southern Mexico, also Pacific Coast regions, north to Sinaloa, and in the south Pacific Coast of Mexico into central Guatemala....
– yewleaf willow - Salix tetraspermaSalix tetraspermaSalix tetrasperma, commonly called Indian willow, is a medium sized tree of wet and swampy places, shedding the leaves at the end of monsoon season. It flowers after leafing. The bark is rough, with deep, vertical fissures and the young shoots leaves are silky. The leaves are lance-like, or...
- Salix thorelii
- Salix triandraSalix triandraSalix triandra is a species of willow native to Europe and western and central Asia, from southeastern England east to Lake Baikal, and south to Spain and the Caucasus and Alborz mountains...
– almond willow - Salix udensisSalix udensisSalix udensis is a species of willow native to northeastern Asia, in eastern Siberia , northeastern China, and northern Japan....
- Salix viminalis – common osierCommon OsierSalix viminalis, the Common Osier or Osier, is a species of willow native to Europe and western Asia.-Description:...
- Salix vulpinaSalix vulpinaSalix vulpina is a species of willow native to Japan and southern Kuriles .It is a deciduous shrub, reaching a height of 2 m....
- Salix waldsteiniana
- Salix wallichiana
- Salix wilmsii
- Salix woodii
- Salix yezoalpinaSalix yezoalpinaSalix yezoalpina is a species of willow native to alpine slopes of Hokkaidō, Japan.It is a deciduous low shrub....
- Salix yoshinoiSalix yoshinoiSalix yoshinoi is a species of willow native to central Japan.It is a deciduous tree, reaching a height of 25 m....