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Willow species are hosts to more than a hundred aphid species, belonging to Chaitophorus and other genera, [16] forming large colonies to feed on plant juices, on the underside of leaves in particular. [17] Corythucha elegans, the willow lace bug, is a bug species in the family Tingidae found on willows in North America.
Salix tetrasperma, commonly called Indian willow, is a medium-sized tree of wet and swampy places, shedding its leaves at the end of monsoon season. It flowers after leafing. The bark is rough, with deep, vertical fissures and the young shoots leaves are silky. The leaves are lance-like, or ovate-lancelike, 8–15 cm long, with minutely and ...
Salix alba, the white willow, is a species of willow native to Europe and western and central Asia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The name derives from the white tone to the undersides of the leaves. It is a medium to large deciduous tree growing up to 10–30 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter and an irregular, often-leaning crown.
Shoot (botany) In botany, a plant shoot consists of any plant stem together with its appendages like leaves, lateral buds, flowering stems, and flower buds. [ 1][ 2] The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop. In the spring, perennial plant shoots are the new growth that grows from the ground in ...
Leaves used as fermented tea. The plant is not considered palatable, but the young shoots and leaves can be cooked and eaten. [12] [13] The young flowers are also edible, and the stems of older plants can be split to extract the edible raw pith. [14] Additionally, the leaves can be used for tea. [15]
Salix lasiolepis is a deciduous large shrub or small multi−trunked tree growing to 10 metres (33 ft) tall. The shoots are yellowish brown and densely hairy when young. The leaves are 3.5–12.5 centimetres (1.4–4.9 in) long and broadly lanceolate in shape. They are green above and glaucous green below.
Salix discolor, the American pussy willow [2] or glaucous willow, [3] is a species of willow native to North America, one of two species commonly called pussy willow.. It is native to the vast reaches of Alaska as well as the northern forests and wetlands of Canada (British Columbia east to Newfoundland), and is also found in the northern portions of the contiguous United States (Washington ...
Salix cinerea ( common sallow, grey sallow, grey willow, grey-leaved sallow, large grey willow, pussy willow, rusty sallow [2]) is a species of willow native to Europe and western Asia. [3] [4] The plant provides a great deal of nectar for pollinators. It was rated in the top 10, with a ranking of second place, for most nectar production ...