willow, willow tree

any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

• osier — any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture
• white willow, Huntingdon willow, Salix alba — large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having grayish canescent leaves and gray bark
• silver willow, silky willow, Salix alba sericea, Salix sericea — North American willow with grayish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
• cricket-bat willow, Salix alba caerulea — Eurasian willow tree having grayish leaves and ascending branches
• arctic willow, Salix arctica — low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America
• weeping willow, Babylonian weeping willow, Salix babylonica — willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental
• Wisconsin weeping willow, Salix pendulina, Salix blanda, Salix pendulina blanda — hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit
• pussy willow, Salix discolor — small willow of eastern North America having grayish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves
• sallow — any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
• peachleaf willow, peach-leaved willow, almond-leaves willow, Salix amygdaloides — willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees
• hoary willow, sage willow, Salix candida — North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves
• crack willow, brittle willow, snap willow, Salix fragilis — large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken
• prairie willow, Salix humilis — slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America
• dwarf willow, Salix herbacea — widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves
• gray willow, Salix cinerea — Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs
• arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis — shrubby willow of the western United States
• shining willow, Salix lucida — common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves
• swamp willow, black willow, Salix nigra — North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes
• bay willow, laurel willow, Salix pentandra — European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States
• balsam willow, Salix pyrifolia — small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushed
• creeping willow, Salix repens — small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated
• Sitka willow, silky willow, Salix sitchensis — small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon)
• dwarf gray willow, sage willow, Salix tristis — willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath
• bearberry willow, Salix uva-ursi — dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of arctic and alpine regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base

• tree — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

• Salix, genus Salix — a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows