Salix babylonica L.
Weeping Willow
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Deutsch | Echte Trauerweide; Babylon-Trauer-Weide | |
| English | Weeping Willow | |
| Français | Saule pleureur | |
| Italiano | Echte Trauerweide; Babylon-Trauer-Weide | |
| Suomi | Echte Trauerweide; Babylon-Trauer-Weide | |
| Norsk | Echte Trauerweide; Babylon-Trauer-Weide | |
| Čeština | Echte Trauerweide; Babylon-Trauer-Weide | |
| Español | Sauce lloron | |
| Svenska | Echte Trauerweide; Babylon-Trauer-Weide | |
| Polski | Echte Trauerweide; Babylon-Trauer-Weide | |
| Український | Echte Trauerweide; Babylon-Trauer-Weide | |
| Român | Echte Trauerweide; Babylon-Trauer-Weide | |
| Русский | Echte Trauerweide; Babylon-Trauer-Weide | |
| Български | Echte Trauerweide; Babylon-Trauer-Weide | |
| EESTI | Echte Trauerweide; Babylon-Trauer-Weide | |
| 日本語 | Echte Trauerweide; Babylon-Trauer-Weide | |
| Other names |
Origin
| States and Territories | Russian Far East; North Korea; South Korea; China (widespread); Taiwan [I]; Japan (Honshu); Turkey (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); European Turkey; Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran); Iraq (NE-Iraq); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel); Jordania (W-Jordania); Afghanistan [I]; Pakistan [I]; Morocco [c]; Algeria [c]; Ryukyu Isl. [I]; European Russia [I]; Tajikistan [I]; Turkmenistan [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Germany [I]; Slovenia [I]; Croatia [I]; Slovakia [I]; Australia [I] (South Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I], Tasmania [I]); Costa Rica [I]; Java [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I]; Bhutan [I]; Nepal [I]; Thailand [I]; South Africa [I]; Lesotho [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Haiti [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Cuba [I]; Ecuador [I]; Argentina [I]; Mexico [I]; Bolivia [I]; Colombia [I]; tropical Africa [I]; Fiji [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Huahine [I], Raiatea [I], Tahaa [I]); Tonga [I] (Tongatapu [I]); Niue [I]; Honduras [I]; New Zealand [I] | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
| [c] = Commercially cultivated | ||||
| Swiss wood | Non-invasive and cultivated neophytes in Switzerland (Label Swiss Wood) | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Malpighiales | |||
| Family | Salicaceae | |||
| Genus | Salix | |||
| Species | babylonica | |||
| Author citation | L. | |||
| Scientific name | Salix babylonica L. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | halbringporig/zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/salsa-wi.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly recognizable | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | gelb bis hell | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 0.35-0.5 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Bark
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Leaves
, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
Branch
, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson
Flowers
, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson