1. WILLOW IDENTIFICATION Part 4 – willow taxa distinguishing features
Weeds of National Significance
WILLOW IDENTIFICATION
Part 4 – willow taxa distinguishing features
Supported by the State Government of Victoria.

2. Salix fragilis - crack willow
Distinguishing feature - audible crack!

3. Salix alba var. vitellina - golden willow
Distinguishing feature - yellow stems

4. Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’ - tortured willow
Distinguishing feature - twisted branches

5. Salix babylonica - weeping willow
Distinguishing feature - long, slender, weeping branches, earliest flowering tree
* Not a WoNS

6. Salix x sepulcralis var. chrysocoma - golden weeping willow
Distinguishing features
both male and female on one catkin,
weeping with yellow twigs >1m from ends

7. Salix nigra - black willow
Distinguishing features
deeply fissured bark,
same colouring on both sides of leaf
produces lots of seed

8. Salix cinerea - grey sallow willow
Distinguishing features
longitudinal ridges beneath bark
similar width to height
produces lots of seed

9. Salix x reichardtii - pussy willow
Distinguishing feature - very showy catkins, taller than it is wide
* Not a WoNS

10. Salix purpurea - purple osier
Distinguishing feature - many, many stems, leaves opposite and wider above middle (kites)

11. Salix chilensis syn. humboldtiana -
Chilean pencil willow
Distinguishing feature - narrow, upright, ‘poplar-like’

12. Basket willows?
Distinguishing features???