What is the two-word alliterative name for the tree Salix babylonica?
"it is much hardier and more long-lived than the Babylon Willow (""Salix babylonica""). This particular cultivar is easily distinguished from the other Golden Weeping Willow (""S."" × ""sepulcralis"") by its androgynous catkins. A weeping tree, not much more than 22m high. Bark greyish-brown, deeply fissured. Twigs very slender, at first thinly subadpressed pubescent, soon becoming glabrous. Golden- or greenish-yellow in their first year, later becoming olive-green. Catkins appearing with the leaves in April, terminal on very short, spreading, leafy, lateral shoots, peduncle and rhachis softly villose. Catkins male, female or most commonly androgynous. Salix 'Chrysocoma' ""Salix"" × ""sepulcralis"" <nowiki>'Chrysocoma'</nowiki>, or"
"translations): Despite these Biblical references to ""willows"", whether in Latin or English, the trees growing in Babylon along the Euphrates River in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and named ""gharab"" in early Hebrew, are not willows (""Salix"") in either the modern or the classical sense, but the Euphrates poplar ""(Populus euphratica),"" with willow-like leaves on long, drooping shoots, in the related genus ""Populus."" Both ""Populus"" and ""Salix"" are in the plant family Salicaceae, the willow family. These Babylonian trees are correctly called poplars, not willows, in the New International Version of the ""Bible"" (English, 1978): Salix babylonica Salix babylonica (Babylon willow"
"was isolated to its crystalline form in 1828 by Henri Leroux, a French pharmacist, and Raffaele Piria, an Italian chemist, who then succeeded in separating out the acid in its pure state. Salicylic acid, like aspirin, is a chemical derivative of salicin. Salix alba Salix alba, the white willow, is a species of willow native to Europe and western and central Asia. The name derives from the white tone to the undersides of the leaves. It is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree growing up to 10–30 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter and an irregular,"
"Salix 'Chrysocoma' ""Salix"" × ""sepulcralis"" <nowiki>'Chrysocoma'</nowiki>, or Weeping Golden Willow, is the most popular and widely grown weeping tree in the warm temperate regions of the world. It is an artificial hybrid between ""S. alba"" 'Vitellina' and ""S. babylonica"". The first parent provides the frost hardiness and the golden shoots and the second parent the strong weeping habit. This cross was originally made at the Späth Nursery (Berlin, Germany) and was first mentioned in their 1888 nursery catalogue as ""S. vitellina pendula"" nova. Being a cultivar from the Chrysocoma Group, which includes all crosses between ""S. alba"" and ""S. babylonica"","
"Salicornia bigelovii Salicornia bigelovii is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family known by the common names dwarf saltwort and dwarf glasswort. It is native to coastal areas of the eastern and southern United States, Belize, and coastal Mexico (both the east and west coasts). It is a plant of salt marshes, a halophyte which grows in saltwater. It is an annual herb producing an erect, branching stem which is jointed at many internodes. The fleshy, green to red stem can reach about 60 cm in height. The leaves are usually small plates, pairs of which are fused"
"Terminalia bellirica Terminalia bellirica, known as bahera or beleric or bastard myrobalan, (Arabic: beliledj بليلج, Sanskrit: Vibhitaka विभीतक, Aksha is a large deciduous tree common on plains and lower hills in Southeast Asia, where it is also grown as an avenue tree. The basionym is ""Myrobalanus bellirica"" Gaertn. (Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 90, t. 97. 1791). William Roxburgh transferred M. bellirica to Terminalia as ""T. bellerica (Gaertn.) Roxb."". This spelling error is now widely used, causing confusion. The correct name is Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb. The leaves are about 15 cm long and crowded toward the ends of the branches."
"Salix myrtillifolia Salix myrtillifolia is a species of flowering plant in the willow family known by the common name blueberry willow. It is native to northern North America, where it occurs in Alaska and much of Canada. This willow is a shrub with two growth varieties. Low blueberry willow (""S. m."" var. ""myrtillifolia"") is a small shrub under tall. Tall blueberry willow is a larger shrub which grows upright and reaches a maximum height near . The plant is dioecious, with male and female reproductive structures on separate individuals. The inflorescence is a catkin up to long. This plant grows"
"northern Syria in 1730. These plants are all females, readily propagated vegetatively, and capable of hybridizing with various other kinds of willows, but not breeding true from seed. This type of tree is grown very easily through plant propagation. Two cultivated hybrids between pendulous ""Salix babylonica"" and other species of ""Salix"" willows also have pendulous branchlets, and are more commonly planted than ""S. babylonica"" itself: Cultivars derived from either of these hybrids are generally better adapted than ""S. babylonica"" to the more humid climates of most heavily populated regions of Europe and North America. A similar willow species also native"
"Salix triandra Salix triandra, with the common names almond willow or almond-leaved willow, is a species of willow native to Europe and Western and Central Asia. It is found from south-eastern England east to Lake Baikal, and south to Spain and the Mediterranean east to the Caucasus, and the Alborz Mountains. It usually grows in riparian habitats, on river and stream banks, and in wetlands. ""Salix triandra"" is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to tall, usually multistemmed, with an irregular, often leaning crown. Young bark is smooth grey-brown, becoming scaly on older stems with large scales exfoliating (like"
"Salvia nemorosa Salvia nemorosa, the woodland sage or Balkan clary, is a hardy herbaceous perennial plant native to a wide area of central Europe and Western Asia. It is an attractive plant that is easy to grow and propagate, with the result that it has been passed around by gardeners for many years. Its wide distribution, long history, and the ease with which it hybridizes have resulted in many cultivars and hybrids—along with problems in clearly identifying the hybrids and their relationship with ""S. nemorosa"". It was named and described by Carl Linnaeus in 1762, with ""nemorosa"" (""of woods"") referring"
"Salix bicolor Salix bicolor is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae (willows). ""Salix bicolor"" can reach a height of . This plant usually develop into a large shrub, but may grow as a multi branched tree of up to 4 m height. Branches are glabrous. brown-reddish or chestnut. Leaves are yellow-green, glabrous, elliptical or lanceolate with acute apex. They are long and wide. The catkins are produced in early spring, before the leaves. They reach 3 × 1 cm, on long peduncles with lanceolate bracts. Like all willows this species is dioecious. Flowers bloom from May to"
"Kalmia polifolia Kalmia polifolia, previously known as Kalmia glauca and commonly called bog laurel, swamp laurel, or pale laurel, is a perennial evergreen shrub of cold acidic bogs, in the family Ericaceae. It is native to north-eastern North America, from Newfoundland to Hudson Bay southwards. The genus 'Kalmia' is named after Pehr Kalm, a Swedish-Finn botanist, who was a student of Linnaeus. The species name, 'polifolia', is Latin for 'pole-leaves' or 'pole-petals'. The former species name, 'glauca', is Latin for gleaming or gray, a word ultimately dervived from the Ancient Greek 'γλαυκός', meaning blue-green or blue-gray. The plant was first"
"Salix arbusculoides Salix arbusculoides is a species of flowering plant in the willow family known by the common name littletree willow. It is native to northern North America, where its distribution extends across Alaska and most of Canada. This willow is a shrub or tree growing up to 9 meters tall. It has many branches with smooth gray or reddish brown bark. The leaves are up to 7.5 centimeters long and often have a thin coat of hairs on the undersides. Immature leaves have thicker coats of hair and are paler and yellowish in color. The leaves have toothed edges"
"Willow Willows, also called sallows and osiers, form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most species are known as willow, but some narrow-leaved shrub species are called osier, and some broader-leaved species are referred to as sallow (from Old English ""sealh"", related to the Latin word ""salix"", willow). Some willows (particularly arctic and alpine species) are low-growing or creeping shrubs; for example, the dwarf willow (""Salix herbacea"") rarely exceeds in height, though it spreads widely across the ground. Willows all have"
"consumed by animals, especially domestic cattle, which find the foliage a palatable forage. This species readily hybridizes with several other species of willow. Salix bebbiana Salix bebbiana is a species of willow indigenous to Canada and the northern United States, from Alaska and Yukon south to California and Arizona and northeast to Newfoundland and New England. Common names include beaked willow, long-beaked willow, gray willow, and Bebb's willow. This species is also called red willow by native Americans according to The Arctic Prairies Appendix E by Ernest Tompson Seton. This plant is typically a large, fast-growing, multiple-stemmed shrub or small,"
"to northern China, ""Salix matsudana"" (Chinese willow), is now included in ""Salix babylonica"" as a synonym by many botanists, including the Russian willow expert Alexey Skvortsov. The only reported difference between the two species is ""S. matsudana"" has two nectaries in each female flower, whereas ""S. babylonica"" has only one; however, this character is variable in many willows (for example, crack willow ""[Salix fragilis]"" can have either one or two), so even this difference may not be taxonomically significant. ""S. babylonica,"" especially its pendulous-branched (""weeping"") form, has been introduced into many other areas, including Europe and the southeastern United States,"
"and 'Yellow Dutch'. Woven withies have been used in the creation of the large outdoor sculpture ""Willow Man"", located near Bridgwater in England. Salix triandra Salix triandra, with the common names almond willow or almond-leaved willow, is a species of willow native to Europe and Western and Central Asia. It is found from south-eastern England east to Lake Baikal, and south to Spain and the Mediterranean east to the Caucasus, and the Alborz Mountains. It usually grows in riparian habitats, on river and stream banks, and in wetlands. ""Salix triandra"" is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to tall,"
"Acacia simplex Acacia simplex is a perennial climbing tree native to islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean as far east as Savaii. It is also found in Argentina. This tree grows up to 12 m in height. There is no common English name, but it is called ""tatakia"" in Fiji, ""tatagia"" in Samoa, ""tātāngia"" in Tonga and ""Martaoui"" in New-Caledonia The tree is used as a toxin in fishing. It incapacitates the fish, but it is apparently not harmful to people. Total alkaloids 3.6% of which 40% N-methyltryptamine, 22.5% N,N-dimethyltryptamine, 12.7% 2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline. Total alkaloids 0.11%, of which"
"for medicinal purposes, basket weaving, to make bows and arrows, and for building animal traps. It is a species of diamond willow and can be used for woodworking. Salix arbusculoides Salix arbusculoides is a species of flowering plant in the willow family known by the common name littletree willow. It is native to northern North America, where its distribution extends across Alaska and most of Canada. This willow is a shrub or tree growing up to 9 meters tall. It has many branches with smooth gray or reddish brown bark. The leaves are up to 7.5 centimeters long and often"
"Salix planifolia Salix planifolia is a species of willow known by the common names planeleaf willow, diamondleaf willow, and tea-leafed willow. It is native to northern and western North America, including most of Canada and the western United States. It grows in many types of arctic and alpine habitats in the north, and mountainous areas in the southern part of its range. ""Salix planifolia"" is a shrub varying in size from low and bushy, to long thickets, to a treelike form in height. The leaves are generally oval in shape with pointed tips, measuring up to 6.5 cm long. They"
"June. It is present in mountains of Southern Europe. This species can be found near streams, waterways and moist subalpine pastures at elevation of above sea level. Salix bicolor Salix bicolor is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae (willows). ""Salix bicolor"" can reach a height of . This plant usually develop into a large shrub, but may grow as a multi branched tree of up to 4 m height. Branches are glabrous. brown-reddish or chestnut. Leaves are yellow-green, glabrous, elliptical or lanceolate with acute apex. They are long and wide. The catkins are produced in early spring,"
"Salix bebbiana Salix bebbiana is a species of willow indigenous to Canada and the northern United States, from Alaska and Yukon south to California and Arizona and northeast to Newfoundland and New England. Common names include beaked willow, long-beaked willow, gray willow, and Bebb's willow. This species is also called red willow by native Americans according to The Arctic Prairies Appendix E by Ernest Tompson Seton. This plant is typically a large, fast-growing, multiple-stemmed shrub or small, shrubby tree capable of forming dense, colonial thickets. It can be found in loose, saturated soils such as that on riverbanks, lakesides, swamps,"
"Salix alaxensis Salix alaxensis is a species of flowering plant in the willow family known by the common names Alaska willow and feltleaf willow. It is native to northern North America, where it occurs throughout northern Canada and Alaska. This plant is a shrub or tree up to tall. The stem diameter is up to . In harsher climates, it remains much smaller. The smooth, gray bark becomes furrowed and scaly with age. The leaves are up to 11 cm long and have woolly undersides. The species is dioecious, with male and female reproductive parts on separate individuals. The inflorescence"
"hares. Native Americans used parts of willows, including this species, for medicinal purposes, basket weaving, to make bows and arrows, and for building animal traps. Salix glauca Salix glauca is a species of flowering plant in the willow family known by the common names gray willow, gray-leaf willow, white willow, and glaucous willow. It is native to North America, where it occurs throughout much of Alaska, northern and western Canada, and the contiguous United States south through the Rocky Mountains to northern New Mexico. It can also be found in Greenland, northwestern Europe, and Siberia. This willow is usually a"
"new leaves appear. The leaves resemble bilberry (""Vaccinium uliginosum"") leaves in shape, hence the name in the Finnish and Swedish languages, which translates as ""bog bilberry willow"". A very similar, closely related species, ""Salix pedicellaris"" (bog willow), occurs in northern North America; it is classified as a variety of swamp willow ""S. myrtilloides"" var. ""pedicellaris"" by some botanists. Salix myrtilloides Salix myrtilloides, the swamp willow, is a willow native to boglands in cool temperate to subarctic regions of northeastern Europe and northern Asia from central Norway and Poland eastwards to the Pacific Ocean coasts, with isolated populations further south in"
"Salix lemmonii Salix lemmonii is a species of willow known by the common name Lemmon's willow, named after J.G. Lemmon. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist and wet areas in mountain coniferous forest habitat, such as streambanks and meadows. ""Salix lemmonii"" is a shrub growing 1 to 4 meters tall, sometimes forming colonial thickets. Its stems arise in a cluster and spread into many slender, angular branches. The leaves are up to 11 centimeters long, lance-shaped to oval with pointed tips, smooth or lightly serrated along the"
"Dichrostachys cinerea Dichrostachys cinerea, known as sicklebush, Bell mimosa, Chinese lantern tree or Kalahari Christmas tree (South Africa), is a legume of the genus ""Dichrostachys"" in the Fabaceae family. Other common names include acacia Saint Domingue (French), el marabú (Cuba), "" Mpangara"" (Shona), Kalahari-Weihnachtsbaum (German of former South West Africa), kéké or mimosa clochette (Réunion). The generic name ""Dichrostachys"" means 'two-colored spike', referring to its two-colored inflorescence, from the Ancient Greek ""δί-"" (""di-"", 'twice'), ""χροός"" (""khroos"", 'color'), and ""στάχυς"" (""stakhus"", 'ear of grain'). The specific name ""cinerea"" refers to the greyish hairs of the typical subspecies, from the Latin ""cinereus"""
"component of the heathland vegetation. Used for thousands of years by natives, the primary non-Aboriginal use in Canada in the 20th century has been as a source of florist greenery, and more recently as a ground cover in landscaping. Both salal and shallon are presumed to be of Native American origin: the former from Chinook Jargon ""sallal"", and the latter from a native word whose pronunciation was recorded by Lewis and Clark as ""shelwel, shellwell"". The genus ""Gaultheria"" was named by Pehr Kalm for his guide in Canada, fellow botanist Jean-François Gaultier. ""Gaultheria shallon"" has been used for its medicinal"
"bullata Linnaeus"" (the Swamp Pink Lily, or Bog Candle), of the Liliaceae family, and the perennial ""Heloniopsis Orientalis"" (the Oriental Swamp Pink Lily herb) of the family Liliaceae-Melanthiaceae. Surname: Christian Name: Helon Helon is a surname, the name of an ancient Scythian culture, a language, a Christian, geographical and botanical name of biblical, Hebrew and Greek origin. Pronounced /'hɛə'loɴ/ and phonetically spelt ""khay-lone',"" the name is derived from the Hebrew: ""He"", ""Lamed"", ""Nun Sofit"". Transliterated as: Chelon, Chêlôn, Khay-lone', האֵלן ,הלן, or האֵלנ in Hebrew; Gehlen, Gelen, Gelin, or Гелен in Russian; Gelon, or in Ukrainian; Gelon, or Γέλων in"
"fungi of the ""Melampsora epitea"" species complex, and climate change. This species has been shown to have significant genetic variation between its well-separated populations. Salix arizonica Salix arizonica is a species of willow known by the common name Arizona willow. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it occurs in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. This shrub varies in size and shape, occurring in low mats or upright, sometimes forming thickets. It reaches 2.6 to 3 meters in maximum height. The branches are often bright red in color, while the smaller twigs are yellowish, reddish, or brownish,"
"become these lateral stalks. One bract within this whorl is a sterile bract. The bicolor unit is a variable structure in complexity, but the presence of fertile and sterile bracts is a salient character. The English common name 'mallow' (also applied to other members of Malvaceae) comes from Latin ""malva"" (also the source for the English word ""mauve""). ""Malva"" itself was ultimately derived from the word for the plant in ancient Mediterranean languages. Cognates of the word include Ancient Greek μαλάχη (""malákhē"") or μολόχη (""molókhē""), Modern Greek μολόχα (""molóha""), modern (""mulukhiyah"") and modern (""molokhia""). Most species are herbs or shrubs,"
"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 to 15 cm long, with serrate margin and light green color, in temperate climates, it turns yellow in autumn. Catkins 4–10 cm long; male flowers yellowish green, with an ovate-lanceolate bract, six stamens;"
"Salix alba Salix alba, the white willow, is a species of willow native to Europe and western and central Asia. The name derives from the white tone to the undersides of the leaves. It is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree growing up to 10–30 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter and an irregular, often-leaning crown. The bark is grey-brown, and deeply fissured in older trees. The shoots in the typical species are grey-brown to green-brown. The leaves are paler than most other willows, due to a covering of very fine, silky white hairs, in particular"