Abstract
Many willow species occur in Britain and throughout the rest of Europe. Some are only small creeping forms, like Salix repens, others are only shrubs. Some, like S. triandra and S. alba var. vitellina, are grown as osiers. Of the tree species, S. alba var. coerulea is grown for its timber, which is used to make cricket bats. S. × sepulcralis chrysocoma is the common weeping willow with golden-yellow branchlets which is much grown in parks and gardens. This tree is also often called S. alba ‘tristis’. The Japanese S. matsudana var. tortuosa is among the introduced species and varieties also now planted in gardens.
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© 1992 D. H. Phillips and D. A. Burdekin
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Phillips, D.H., Burdekin, D.A. (1992). Diseases of willow (Salix spp.). In: Diseases of Forest and Ornamental Trees. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10953-1_17
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