hamamelid dicot genus - genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins

family Salicaceae, Salicaceae, willow family - two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus

willow, willow tree - any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

osier - any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture

Huntingdon willow, Salix alba, white willow - large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having grayish canescent leaves and gray bark

Salix alba sericea, Salix sericea, silver willow, silky willow - North American willow with grayish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying

golden willow, Salix alba vitellina, Salix vitellina - European willow having grayish leaves and yellow-orange twigs used in basketry

cricket-bat willow, Salix alba caerulea - Eurasian willow tree having grayish leaves and ascending branches

arctic willow, Salix arctica - low creeping shrub of arctic Europe and America

Babylonian weeping willow, Salix babylonica, weeping willow - willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental

Salix blanda, Salix pendulina, Salix pendulina blanda, Wisconsin weeping willow - hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit

pussy willow, Salix discolor - small willow of eastern North America having grayish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves

sallow - any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal

florist's willow, goat willow, Salix caprea, pussy willow - much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves

almond-leaves willow, peach-leaved willow, peachleaf willow, Salix amygdaloides - willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees

almond willow, black Hollander, Salix amygdalina, Salix triandra - Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry

hoary willow, Salix candida, sage willow - North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves

brittle willow, crack willow, Salix fragilis, snap willow - large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken

prairie willow, Salix humilis - slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America

dwarf willow, Salix herbacea - widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves

gray willow, Salix cinerea - Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs

arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis - shrubby willow of the western United States

Salix lucida, shining willow - common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves

black willow, Salix nigra, swamp willow - North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes

bay willow, laurel willow, Salix pentandra - European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States

basket willow, purple osier, purple willow, red willow, Salix purpurea, red osier - Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin

balsam willow, Salix pyrifolia - small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushed

creeping willow, Salix repens - small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated

Salix sitchensis, silky willow, Sitka willow - small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon)