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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Salicaceae
Salix babylonica L.
weeping willow
Salix: Latin name for the willow and meaning "to leap or spring" in reference to its fast growth
babylonica: Babylonian, or pertaining to Babylon. Apparently, Linnaeus thought the weeping willow (S. babylonica) came from SW Asia, rather than Far East, where it is native. The 'willows' of the waters of Babylon are now considered to be Populus euphratica
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| Status: | Introduced - rarely escaped |
| Plant: | perennial tree to 40' tall; rounded crown; long, hanging branches; grayish-brown, irregularly furrowed bark |
| Flower: | mostly erect, fuzzy, 1" long catkins |
| Leaf: | slightly curving, lance-like to linear with fine, irregular teeth |
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