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Corythucha elegans, the willow lace bug, is a bug species in the family Tingidae found on willows in North America. Rhabdophaga rosaria is a type of gall found on willows. Rust, caused by fungi of genus Melampsora, is known to damage leaves of willows, covering them with orange spots.
Wattle (construction) A wattle fence at an outdoor museum in Poland. Wattle hurdle or panel. A wattle hurdle being constructed on a frame. Wattle is made by weaving flexible branches around upright stakes to form a woven lattice. The wattle may be made into an individual panel, commonly called a hurdle, or it may be formed into a continuous ...
Salix alba 'Vitellina' ( golden willow; syn. Salix alba var. vitellina (L.) Stokes) is a cultivar grown in gardens for its shoots, which are golden-yellow for one to two years before turning brown. It is particularly decorative in winter; the best effect is achieved by coppicing it every two to three years to stimulate the production of longer ...
Description. Salix nigra is a medium-sized deciduous tree, the largest North American species of willow, growing to 10–30 m (35–100 ft) tall, exceptionally up to 45 m (148 ft), with a trunk 50–80 centimeters (20–30 in) diameter. The bark is dark brown to blackish, becoming fissured in older trees, and frequently forking near the base. [ 3]
It is a deciduous shrub reaching 4–7 metres (13–23 ft) in height, exceptionally 7.6 m (25 ft) [4] spreading by basal shoots to form dense clonal colonies.The leaves are narrow lanceolate, 4–12 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) long and 2–10 millimetres (1 ⁄ 16 – 3 ⁄ 8 in) broad, green, to grayish with silky white hairs at least when young; the margin is entire or with ...
Salix bebbiana. Sarg. Salix bebbiana is a species of willow indigenous to Canada and the northern United States, from Alaska and Yukon south to California and Arizona and northeast to Newfoundland and New England. [ 2] Common names include beaked willow, long-beaked willow, gray willow, and Bebb's willow .
An animal study recently investigated which form of fiber might be most effective. Beta-glucan, a fiber found in cereals and oats, came out on top. A new study using a mouse model of obesity ...
Salix × sepulcralis 'Chrysocoma', or Weeping Golden Willow [1], is the most popular and widely grown weeping tree in the warm temperate regions of the world. It is an artificial hybrid between S. alba 'Vitellina' and S. babylonica. The first parent provides the frost hardiness and the golden shoots and the second parent the strong weeping habit.