Babylon willow, Weeping willow
Salix pseudolasiogyne · Salicaceae · 능수버들
Look
- Leaves
- Leaves are lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 7 to 12 cm long, finely toothed, slightly whitish beneath.
- Flowers
- Flowers open in April; male catkins have 2 glands and 2 stamens each, female catkins are 1 to 2 cm long.
- Fruit
- Fruit is a capsule about 3 mm long with silky hairs, ripening in May.
- Bark
- Bark is gray-brown and vertically fissured; one-year-old twigs are yellow-green and usually hairless.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Found nationwide in Korea at elevations of 50 to 1,300 m; geographically also in China and Manchuria.
- Ecology
- Grows along streams and on plains; moist, fertile soil is the suitable site.