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Weeping willow
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Weeping willow

Salix babylonica L.

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Names

EnglishWeeping willow
DutchGroene treurwilg
SpanishSauce llorón
Chinese垂柳
Scientific nameSalix babylonica L.

About this species

Salix babylonica (Babylon willow or weeping willow; Chinese: 垂柳; pinyin: chuí liǔ) is a species of willow native to dry areas of northern China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, and Siberia but cultivated for millennia elsewhere in Asia, being traded along the Silk Road to southwest Asia and Europe.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMalpighiales
FamilySalicaceae
GenusSalix

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2022First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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