Willows
Salix
Willows, also called sallows, and osiers, form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. 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). Some willows (particularly arctic and alpine species) are low-growing or...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
sallows and osiers
subgenusVetrix
true willows
subgenusSalix
Protitea
subgenusProtitea
dwarf and creeping willows
subgenusChamaetia
Longifoliae
subgenusLongifoliae
Urbanianae
subgenusUrbanianae
Salix × brachypurpurea
hybridSalix × brachypurpurea
Salix uralicola
speciesSalix uralicola
Sharp-stipuled Willow
hybridSalix × mollissima
Salix × onusta
hybridSalix × onusta
Salix okamotoana
speciesSalix okamotoana
Alpine Willow
speciesSalix hegetschweileri
Salix × finnmarchica
hybridSalix × finnmarchica
Salix tagawana
speciesSalix tagawana
Salix rehderiana
speciesSalix rehderiana
Salix jaliscana
speciesSalix jaliscana
Salix × chrysocoma
hybridSalix × chrysocoma
Salix brutia
speciesSalix brutia
Salix taishanensis
speciesSalix taishanensis
Salix × sadleri
hybridSalix × sadleri
Salix thomsoniana
speciesSalix thomsoniana
Salix blinii
speciesSalix blinii
Salix borealis
speciesSalix borealis
Salix × sobrina
hybridSalix × sobrina
Salix lapponum × reticulata
hybridSalix lapponum × reticulata
Salix dolichostachya
speciesSalix dolichostachya
Salix psammophila
speciesSalix psammophila
Salix × erdingeri
hybridSalix × erdingeri
Salix chevalieri
speciesSalix chevalieri
Salix × amoena
hybridSalix × amoena
Salix × argusii
hybridSalix × argusii
Salix × dieckiana
hybridSalix × dieckiana
Salix × dutillyi
hybridSalix × dutillyi
Salix × jamesensis
hybridSalix × jamesensis
Salix × princeps-ourayi
hybridSalix × princeps-ourayi
Salix × schneideri
hybridSalix × schneideri
Salix × saxetana
hybridSalix × saxetana
Salix × margarita
hybridSalix × margarita
Salix × cernua
hybridSalix × cernua
Salix × simulatrix
hybridSalix × simulatrix
Salix ludlowiana
speciesSalix ludlowiana
Salix xanthicola
speciesSalix xanthicola
Salix hartwegii
speciesSalix hartwegii
Salix tonkinensis
speciesSalix tonkinensis
Salix kunyangensis
speciesSalix kunyangensis
Salix lamashanensis
speciesSalix lamashanensis
Salix longissimipedicellaris
speciesSalix longissimipedicellaris
Salix luzhongensis
speciesSalix luzhongensis
Salix mazzettiana
speciesSalix mazzettiana
Salix nebrodensis
speciesSalix nebrodensis
Salix plectilis
speciesSalix plectilis
Salix pseudocalyculata
speciesSalix pseudocalyculata
Salix qamdoensis
speciesSalix qamdoensis
Salix rhododendroides
speciesSalix rhododendroides
Salix shangchengensis
speciesSalix shangchengensis
Salix stomatophora
speciesSalix stomatophora
Salix tschujensis
speciesSalix tschujensis
Salix zayunica
speciesSalix zayunica
Salix calostachya
speciesSalix calostachya
Salix dabeshanensis
speciesSalix dabeshanensis
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 53453.