true willows
Salix
Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus Salix, comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs. They are primarily found on moist soils in cold and temperate regions.
Most species are known as willow, but some narrow-leaved shrub species are called osier, and some broader-leaved species are referred to as sallow (from Old English sealh, related to the Latin word salix, willow).
15 branches of this group, most-observed first
White and Crack Willows
sectionSalix
Subalbae
sectionSubalbae
Salicaster
sectionSalicaster
Amygdalinae
sectionAmygdalinae
weeping crack willow
hybridSalix × pendulina
Pentandrae
sectionPentandrae
Wilsonia
sectionWilsonia
Shiny-leaved Willow
hybridSalix × hermaphroditica
Tetraspermae
sectionTetraspermae
Maccallianae
sectionMaccallianae
Salix × speciosa
hybridSalix × speciosa
Salix × eriophora
hybridSalix × eriophora
Ehrhart's Willow
hybridSalix × hexandra
Salix × schumanniana
hybridSalix × schumanniana
Salix × jesupii
hybridSalix × jesupii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.151
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.103
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.283
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.311
Herbarius
1485 · p.284
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.285
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.281
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.284
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.379
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.283
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.283
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.368
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Salix in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1237138.