Plants — 23,508 Species

shining willow

Salix lucida Muhl.

Salix lucida is a deciduous willow species native to northern and western North America, growing in wetland habitats.

Salix mesnyi Hance

Salix mesnyi Hance

Salix mesnyi Hance is a small deciduous tree with grey bark and grey-backed ovate serrated leaves, growing 10–15 m tall.

Dark-leaved Willow

Salix myrsinifolia Salisb.

Salix myrsinifolia is a Eurasian willow that grows as a shrub or small tree, native to Europe and Western Siberia.

black willow

Salix nigra Marshall

Salix nigra (black willow) is North America’s largest native willow, widely used for timber, restoration, and traditional medicine.

shining willow

Salix pentandra L.

Salix pentandra L. (bay willow) is a willow native to northern Eurasia, naturalized in northern North America, growing in wet habitats.

Tea-leaved Willow

Salix phylicifolia L.

Polar Willow

Salix polaris Wahlenb.

Salix polaris Wahlenb. is a very small creeping dwarf willow native to arctic regions.

Purple Willow

Salix purpurea L.

Salix purpurea (purple willow) is a dioecious wetland shrub or small tree, used in basketry and as an ornamental.

Balsam Willow

Salix pyrifolia Andersson

Balsam willow (Salix pyrifolia) is a scented-leaved shrub native to northern North America, sold commercially.

Salix pyrolifolia Ledeb.

Salix pyrolifolia Ledeb.

Salix pyrolifolia, the pyrola-leaved willow, is a large shrub or small tree native to northern and central Eurasia.

Creeping Willow

Salix repens L.

Salix repens (creeping willow) is a small polymorphic shrubby willow with wide form variation, found across European coastal and inland habitats.

Net-leaved Willow

Salix reticulata L.

Salix reticulata is a dwarf deciduous shrub cultivated as ornamental groundcover that has earned the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Rosemary-leaved Willow

Salix rosmarinifolia L.

Rosemary-leaved willow is a European native flowering willow species in the Salicaceae plant family.

narrow-leaf willow

Salix schwerinii E.L.Wolf

Salix schwerinii (narrow-leaf willow) is a northeastern Asian willow related to Salix viminalis that grows 10–15m tall with exceptionally narrow leaves.

Scouler's willow

Salix scouleriana Barratt

Salix scouleriana (Scouler's willow) is a deciduous native North American willow that is an important wildlife food and habitat plant.

silky willow

Salix sericea Marshall

Salix sericea (silky willow) is a North American Salicaceae shrub that grows in wet riparian areas, blooming in May and fruiting in June.

Autumn Willow

Salix serissima (Bailey) Fernald

Salix serissima, autumn or fall willow, is a North American willow shrub of moist habitats with sensitive southern disjunct populations.

Sitka willow

Salix sitchensis Sanson ex Bong.

Salix sitchensis is a variable willow that grows as a shrub or small tree, blooming in March in California.

Salix starkeana Willd.

Salix starkeana Willd.

Salix starkeana Willd., the pale willow, is a small shrub with characteristic leaves, catkins, and chromosome counts 2n=38 or 44, flowering March to April.

Salix taraikensis Kimura

Salix taraikensis Kimura

Salix taraikensis is a 5-meter-tall deciduous large willow shrub native to Northeast Asia, also found in Mongolia.

Almond Willow

Salix triandra L.

Salix triandra is a deciduous willow species with multiple commercial uses including basketry, biofuel and honey production.

bearberry willow

Salix uva-ursi Pursh

Bearberry willow (Salix uva-ursi) is a prostrate flowering shrub native to northeastern North America and Greenland.

Rock Willow

Salix vestita Pursh

Salix vestita Pursh, or rock willow, is a small ancient willow shrub with a disjunct range across arctic and subarctic regions.

basket willow

Salix viminalis L.

Salix viminalis, or basket willow, is a multistemmed wetland shrub used for basketry and phytoremediation.