Willow - Main Species

Main Species

The genus Salix is made up of around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs:

• Salix acutifolia Willd. – long-leaved violet willow
• Salix aegyptiaca L.
• Salix alaxensis (Andersson) Coville
• Salix alba L. – White Willow
• Salix amplexicaulis Bory & Chaub.
• Salix amygdaloides Andersson – peachleaf willow
• Salix ansoniana J. Forbes
• Salix apennina A. K. Skvortsov
• Salix apoda Trautv.
• Salix appendiculata Vill.
• Salix arbuscula L.
• Salix arctica Pall. – arctic willow
• Salix argyracea E. L. Wolf
• Salix arizonica Dorn
• Salix armenorossica A. K. Skvortsov
• Salix atrocinerea Brot. – grey willow
• Salix aurita L. – Eared Willow
• Salix babylonica L. – Babylon willow or Peking willow
• Salix balfouriana C. K. Schneid.
• Salix barclayi Andersson
• Salix bebbiana Sarg. – beaked willow, long-beaked willow, and Bebb's willow
• Salix bicolor Willd.
• Salix bikouensis Y. L. Chou
• Salix bonplandiana Kunth – Bonpland willow
• Salix boothii Dorn – Booth's willow
• Salix brachycarpa Nutt.
• Salix breviserrata Flod.
• Salix breweri Bebb – Brewer's willow
• Salix burqinensis Chang Y. Yang
• Salix caesia Vill.
• Salix calcicola Fern. & Wieg. – limestone willow
• Salix calliantha J.Kern.
• Salix canariensis Chr. Sm.
• Salix candida Flüggé ex Willd. – sageleaf willow
• Salix cantabrica Rech. f.
• Salix capensis Thunb.
• Salix capitata Y. L. Chou & Skvortsov
• Salix caprea L. – Goat willow, pussywillow or pussy willow
• Salix capusii Franch.
• Salix carmanica Bornm.
• Salix caroliniana Michx. – coastal plain willow
• Salix caspica Pall.
• Salix cavaleriei H. Lév.
• Salix chaenomeloides Kimura
• Salix cinerea L. – grey willow
• Salix cordata Michx. – sand dune willow, furry willow, or heartleaf willow
• Salix delnortensis C.K.Schneid. – Del Norte willow
• Salix discolor Muhl. – American willow
• Salix drummondiana Barratt ex Hook. – Drummond's willow
• Salix eastwoodiae Cockerell ex A.Heller – Eastwood's willow, mountain willow, or Sierra willow
• Salix eriocephala Michx.
• Salix excelsa S. G. Gmel.
• Salix exigua Nutt. – sandbar willow, narrowleaf willow, or coyote willow
• Salix fargesii Burkill
• Salix floderusii Nakai
• Salix fluviatilis Nutt.
• Salix foetida Schleich. ex DC.
• Salix fragilis L. – Crack Willow
• Salix geyeriana Andersson – Geyer's willow
• Salix gilgiana Seemen
• Salix glabra Scop.
• Salix glauca L.
• Salix glaucosericea Flod.
• Salix gooddingii C. R. Ball – Goodding's willow, or Goodding's black willow
• Salix gordejevii Y. L. Chang & Skvortsov
• Salix graciliglans Nakai
• Salix gracilistyla Miq.
• Salix hastata L.
• Salix hegetschweileri Heer
• Salix helvetica Vill.
• Salix herbacea L. – dwarf willow, least willow or snowbed willow
• Salix hookeriana Barratt ex Hook. – dune willow, coastal willow, or Hooker's willow
• Salix humboldtiana Willd.
• Salix humilis Marshall
• Salix hylematica C. K. Schneid.
• Salix integra Thunb.
• Salix irrorata Andersson
• Salix japonica Thunb.
• Salix jejuna Fernald – barrens willow
• Salix jepsonii C.K.Schneid. – Jepson's willow
• Salix jessoensis Seemen
• Salix koreensis Andersson
• Salix koriyanagi Kimura ex Goerz
• Salix laevigata Bebb – red willow or polished willow
• Salix lanata L. – woolly willow
• Salix lapponum L. - downy willow
• Salix lasiolepis Benth. – arroyo willow
• Salix lemmonii Bebb – Lemmon's willow
• Salix ligulifolia C.R.Ball – strapleaf willow
• Salix linearistipularis (Franch.) K. S. Hao
• Salix longiflora Andersson
• Salix longistamina Z. Wang & P. Y. Fu
• Salix lucida Muhl. – shining willow, Pacific willow, or whiplash willow
• Salix lutea Nutt. – yellow willow
• Salix magnifica Hemsl.
• Salix matsudana Koidz. – Chinese willow
• Salix maximowiczii Kom.
• Salix medwedewii Dode
• Salix melanopsis Nutt. – dusky willow
• Salix microstachya Turcz.
• Salix mielichhoferi Saut.
• Salix miyabeana Seemen
• Salix moupinensis Franch.
• Salix mucronata - Cape silver willow
• Salix muscina Dode ex Flod.
• Salix myricoides Muhl.
• Salix myrsinifolia Salisb.
• Salix myrsinites L.
• Salix myrtilloides L. – swamp willow
• Salix neowilsonii W. P. Fang
• Salix nigra Marshall – black willow
• Salix nivalis Hook.
• Salix orestera C.K.Schneid. – Sierra willow or gray-leafed Sierra willow
• Salix paraplesia C. K. Schneid.
• Salix pauciflora Koidz.
• Salix pedicellata Desf.
• Salix pellita Andersson
• Salix pentandra L. – bay willow
• Salix petiolaris Sm.
• Salix phlebophylla Andersson
• Salix phylicifolia L.
• Salix planifolia Pursh. – diamondleaf willow or tea-leafed willow
• Salix polaris Wahlenb. – polar willow
• Salix prolixa Andersson – MacKenzie's willow
• Salix purpurea L. – purple willow or purple osier
• Salix pyrenaica Gouan
• Salix pyrifolia Andersson
• Salix pyrolifolia Ledeb.
• Salix rehderiana C. K. Schneid.
• Salix repens L.
• Salix reptans Rupr.
• Salix reticulata L. – net-veined willow
• Salix retusa L.
• Salix retusoides J.Kern.
• Salix rorida Lacksch.
• Salix rosmarinifolia L.
• Salix sajanensis Nasarow
• Salix salviifolia Brot.
• Salix schwerinii E. L. Wolf
• Salix scouleriana Barratt ex Hook. – Scouler's willow
• Salix sericea Marshall – silky willow
• Salix serissima (L. H. Bailey) Fernald — autumn willow or fall willow
• Salix serpyllifolia Scop.
• Salix sessilifolia Nutt. – northwest sandbar willow
• Salix sitchensis C. A. Sanson ex Bong. – Sitka willow
• Salix siuzevii Seemen
• Salix starkeana Willd.
• Salix subopposita Miq.
• Salix subserrata Willd.
• Salix suchowensis W. C. Cheng
• Salix sungkianica Y. L. Chou & Skvortsov
• Salix taxifolia Kunth – yew-leaf willow
• Salix tenuijulis Ledeb.
• Salix tetrasperma Roxb. – Indian willow
• Salix triandra L. – almond willow or almond-leaved willow
• Salix turanica Nasarow
• Salix turfacea G. Haller ex Münchh.
• Salix udensis Trautv. & C. A. Mey.
• Salix uva-ursi Pursh. – bearberry willow
• Salix variegata Franch.
• Salix vestita Pursh. – silky willow
• Salix viminalis L. – common osier
• Salix vulpina Andersson
• Salix waldsteiniana Willd.
• Salix wallichiana Andersson
• Salix wilhelmsiana M. Bieb.
• Salix wilsonii Seemen
• Salix yezoalpina Koidz.