What does a willow look like?

There are many varieties of willow. Common willow varieties are willow, willow, willow weeping willow and so on. Trees or erect shrubs, brown trunk, cylindrical branches, single-sided bud scales, alternate leaves, narrow lanceolate or linear lanceolate leaves, serrate edges, short petioles, stipules, early flowering, small seeds and dark colors.

Willow appearance

Morphological characteristics of willow: trees or creeping, cushion-shaped, shrubs erect, brown trunk, cylindrical branches, no terminal buds in the medulla, lateral buds close to branches and single bud scales.

Morphological characteristics of leaves: willow leaves alternate, the leaf shape is narrow-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, the leaf margin has fine serrations, the petiole is short, there are stipules, often fall early, sparsely persist, and flowers first and then leaves.

What does the seed look like: the seed of willow is relatively small, dark brown in color, the pistil is composed of 2 carpels, the ovary is stipitate or sessile, the styles are different in length, single 1 or split, and the capsule is 2-valved.

Willow plant properties

Willow is the general name of a plant, which belongs to the ecological amplitude. It's easy to cross General breeding mainly focuses on garden viewing, mainly improving its branches and leaves to improve its pollution resistance and pruning resistance.

There are many varieties of willow. At present, there are more than 50 willow varieties in China. Common willow varieties are willow, willow and weeping willow. They have wide adaptability to the environment, like light, humidity and cold, and are mesophytic wet trees with a general life span of 20-30 years.

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