genus salix

1. A large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows (synset 112744961)
   is a type of: hamamelid dicot genus - genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
   member holonym:

   • willow, willow tree - any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix
   • osier - any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture
   • huntingdon willow, salix alba, white willow - large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey bark
   • salix alba sericea, salix sericea, silky willow, silver willow - North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
   • golden willow, salix alba vitellina, salix vitellina - European willow having greyish leaves and yellow-orange twigs used in basketry
   • cricket-bat willow, salix alba caerulea - Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending branches
   • arctic willow, salix arctica - low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America
   • babylonian weeping willow, salix babylonica, weeping willow - willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental
   • salix blanda, salix pendulina, salix pendulina blanda, wisconsin weeping willow - hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit
   • pussy willow, salix discolor - small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves
   • sallow - any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
   • florist's willow, goat willow, pussy willow, salix caprea - much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves
   • almond-leaves willow, peach-leaved willow, peachleaf willow, salix amygdaloides - willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees
   • almond willow, black hollander, salix amygdalina, salix triandra - Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry
   • hoary willow, sage willow, salix candida - North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves
   • brittle willow, crack willow, salix fragilis, snap willow - large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken
   • prairie willow, salix humilis - slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America
   • dwarf willow, salix herbacea - widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves
   • gray willow, grey willow, salix cinerea - Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs
   • arroyo willow, salix lasiolepis - shrubby willow of the western United States
   • salix lucida, shining willow - common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves
   • black willow, salix nigra, swamp willow - North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes
   • bay willow, laurel willow, salix pentandra - European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States
   • basket willow, purple osier, purple willow, red osier, red willow, salix purpurea - Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin
   • balsam willow, salix pyrifolia - small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushed
   • creeping willow, salix repens - small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated
   • salix sitchensis, silky willow, sitka willow - small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon)
   • dwarf gray willow, dwarf grey willow, sage willow, salix tristis - willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath
   • bearberry willow, salix uva-ursi - dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of Arctic and alpine regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base
   • common osier, hemp willow, salix viminalis, velvet osier - willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry
   belongs to: family salicaceae, salicaceae, willow family - two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus
   same as: salix

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