a Willow is a whole category of plants in the genus salix, with about 400 different species.
The Weeping Willow is a hybrid between the Peking Willow (salix babylonica) and the White Willow (salix Alba). It is a large deciduous tree with thin branches that hang down, sweeping the ground and swaying loosely in the breeze. They can be found under several species names: salix Alba, salix babylonica, salix x sepulcralis, salix x pendulina. Here's a picture: http://garden.lovetoknow.com/wiki/images/Garden/8/8bWeeping-willow-i.jpg
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A Willow tree is any tree in the genus salix, including the Weeping Willow. But not all Willow plants are trees. Some are more shrubby than tree-like. One very cool Willow tree is the Curly Willow (salix matsudana). Here's a great site that shows a what a young Curly Willow and its branches look like: http://www.robsplants.com/plants/SalixMatsu.php
(source: www.robsplants.com)
There are also many other species of Willow that you can find at:
www.davesgarden.com
www.jprwillow.co.UK/willow-varieties.htm
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Salix+sp.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SALIX
When they are injured or cut down. :(
what is the scientific name of a weeping willow tree
You are thinking of a weeping willow, but I don't think it really cries.
weeping willow
Weeping Willows belong to the tree family. Pussy Willows are not trees, they are simply plants. Weeping willows are the pendulous members of the Salix family. Pussy willows are the name for the flowers of the willow.
A Weeping Willow is a tree so it is perennial.
Yes, the weeping willow drops its leaves in Autumn.
a weeping willow.
The weeping willow.
Pussy willows do not come from the weeping willow tree. It comes from Salix discolor, or the American pussy willow.
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Weeping willow (the tree) = aravát Bável (ערבת בבל). It literally means willow of Babylon.
The Weeping Tree or Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica) is a species of Willow tree often grown as a central feature on a lawn. All the Willows, as a whole, begin with the letter 'W' and may also be called sallows, and osiers.