Learn more about willow genus Salix (Salix spp.)
A group of about 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs.
Part of
willow family Salicaceae.
Native to cold and temperate regions of the 🌐︎ Northern Hemisphere, usually in areas with moist soils.
🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48)
(color key),
※ 🗺 map of 3 species, not covered ↑ above.
🗺 Map of moist soils (🇺🇸 USA-48) (bottom left > select).
Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)
including (in 🇪🇺 Europe as well as the Americas) using stems to make 🧺 baskets.
Salix hosts caterpillars of 455 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.
In areas where these plants are native, these plants are among
the wet-loving (but terrestrial
) shrubs and trees planted to protect eroding streambanks, lakeshores, floodplains, stormwater detention ponds, road slopes and landslides, using a process called
live-staking.
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