Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Salix babylonica
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix babylonica
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 051-01-002:
Salix babylonica
FAMILY
Salicaceae
COMMON NAME:
Weeping Willow
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JK Marlow jkm070715_021
July Washington County TN
Creekside/Riverside
Many trees identified as S. babylonica may actually be a cultivated hybrid, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm070715_025
July Washington County TN
Creekside/Riverside
Bark grayish or dark, with rough plates or scaly ridges, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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The Dow Gardens Archive, Dow Gardens, Bugwood.org bug_5143069
Month Unknown
Perhaps the best known of the cultivated willows, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org bug_5387635
Month Unknown
Catkins 18-35mm long, appearing with the leaves, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org bug_5387637
Month Unknown
Leaves very narrowly lanceolate, glaucous and glabrate beneath, per Weakley's Flora.