Salix babylonica grown weeping willow cultivar is "Salix × sepulcralis" 'Chrysocoma', with bright yellowish branchlets. Peking willow is a popular ornamental tree in northern China, and is also grown for wood production and shelterbelts there, being particularly important around the oases of the Gobi Desert, protecting agricultural land from desert winds. The epithet "babylonica" in this Chinese species' scientific name "(S. babylonica)," as well as the related common names "Babylon willow" or "Babylon weeping willow", derive from a misunderstanding by Linnaeus that this willow was the tree described in the "Bible" in the opening of Psalm 137 (here in Latin and English
Salix lasiolepis forest, red fir forest, lodgepole pine forest, and grasslands. Arroyo Willow (Salix lasiolepis) is a severe allergen. Occurs in following seasons depending on latitude and elevation: Spring. "Salix lasiolepis" is a deciduous large shrub or small multi−trunked tree growing to tall. The shoots are yellowish brown and densely hairy when young. The leaves are 3.5–12.5 cm long and broadly lanceolate in shape. They are green above and glaucous green below. The undersides are covered with whitish or rusty hairs which gradually wear off during the summer. The flowers are arranged in yellow catkins 1.5–7 cm long which are produced in