#160 most planted
Salix
Willows · also Sallows, Osiers
Deciduous
11,570
trees mapped
0.11%
of all named trees
34
cities
8.1 in
median trunk (21 cm, 8,920 measured)
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Willows (genus Salix) are typically deciduous trees and shrubs, with some arctic and alpine species being low-growing or creeping shrubs. They are primarily found on moist soils in cold and temperate regions and generally require ample water.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 4,5050.40%—4.5 in
- 9320.29%—9.1 in
- 8531.7%8.8 yr—
- 6790.14%—12 in
- 6440.15%33 yr14 in
- 5640.08%—24 in
- 4770.16%—13 in
- 4760.09%—12 in
- 3340.74%—12 in
- 2660.17%—15 in
- 1960.26%—22 in
- 1930.81%—28 in
- 1800.06%—3.0 in
- 1560.21%—5.9 in
- 1540.06%—9.1 in
- 1500.04%—22 in
- 1230.15%—10 in
- 1130.10%33 yr16 in
- 980.03%46 yr7.9 in
- 870.05%—16 in
- 850.11%—4.7 in
- 570.01%30 yr3.0 in
- 510.11%—20 in
- 480.02%—9.1 in
- 380.02%—14 in
- 330.01%—15 in
- 180.01%—8.0 in
- 140.01%—5.6 in
- 120.03%—14 in
- 110.07%—24 in
- 110.01%——
- 60.02%—7.1 in
- 40.00%—13 in
- 20.02%—5.0 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 50–80 ft
- Canopy spread
- 40–70 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Soil
- Moist
- Water needs
- High
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 8.1 in, mean 13 in, 90th percentile 30 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
Other Salix in the catalogue
34 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
