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 humboldtiana female flowers green. The natural range of "Salix humboldtiana" spans from central Mexico to southern Chile and Argentina,growing in areas with tropical, subtropical and temperate climate between near sea level to of elevation. Salix humboldtiana Salix humboldtiana, the Humboldt's willow, is a tree species of willow native to North and South America, growing along watercourses. The species is evergreen or deciduous, depending on climate. It can grow up to 25 meters tall, with a narrow triangular or columnar crown shape. The trunk has a maximum d.b.h. of 80 cm and dark brown to gray fissured bark. Narrow lanceolate leaves up