Characteristics: intermediate between the parents.

Similar species: In addition to the parents of this hybrid, also see these other weeping willow hybrids: S. x rubens and S. x sepulcralis.

Flowering: early spring

Habitat and ecology: May escape from cultivation and grow near streams, lakes, ponds, and other moist to wet areas.

Occurence in the Chicago region: non-native

Notes: Salix x pendulina is a willow hybrid referred to as "weeping willow." Many cultivated forms of weeping willow are derived from species and hybrids that originated in Europe and Asia. The ancestry and taxonomy is complex. For a discussion see Santamour & McArdle (1988): Cultivars of Salix babylonica and other weeping willows. J. Arboriculture 14:180-184.

Etymology: Salix is the Latin word for willow.

Author: The Morton Arboretum