Verba is considered a symbol of spring, the origin of life in nature.In addition, it is associated with the Orthodox church celebrations - Palm Sunday and Easter.Willow Flowers begin to form in early spring, even before they start to blossom green leaves.
Description
Verbier also called willow aquifolium.This deciduous tree 10-12 meters in length.Less common shrub up to 6 m. This plant switchgrass thin flexible branches.Young shoots of willow can be reddish-brown color with a bluish bloom.Also, young shoots can be bright yellow.In this case, there are no escapes raid.Crowns in these sprawling plant, diameter of 4 meters.Willow leaves are narrow and long.Their length is 8-12 cm, and the width is 3 cm. The top sheet is sharpened, for which he received a willow its unusual name.The edge of a leaf - Palmetto.
Verba - this is the first plant that blooms in Russia in April.In the spring you can see the entire grove of trees and shrubs with grayish-white fluffy lumps on the branches.How beautiful this time the place where the willow grows!In the Rostov region was recorded case of flowering willow branches in 13 degrees below zero in December.But it is rather an isolated case.Perhaps, before it was warm weather, or in a place where the roots of the tree are the warm waters.But, of course, flowering willow winter - this is nonsense.
After a while fluffy lumps covered with greenish-yellow flowers.They have a very pleasant smell.In addition, the willow - beautiful honey plant.During flowering bushes, which grow willow, a swarm of bees.The seeds of this species ripen in May-June.They are equipped with a feather and carried by wind on a fairly long distances.Verba is growing very fast, the annual increase in height is 50 cm. The lifespan of the tree is about 30 years.
locus of willow
in Russian climatic conditions Willow feels good.Many species of this tree are kind of pioneers, since they first colonize abandoned or vacant land.The main places where the growing of willow, this wet areas with acidic soil.Most species like moisture and gladly settle in damp places.In the dry lands on the slopes, sand grows very small number of these trees.Meet the willow can be in the forest, close to other trees.
Willow grows to the size of trees that occupy large areas.In contact with the ground or branches water these plants take root quickly.The roots of the willow is not only well-developed, they give numerous branches.Sometimes it is used to enhance the quality of the relief of loose soil and sand.
Features willow
addition to the above properties, namely the ability to produce adventitious roots, willow can be easily propagated by cuttings and clubs.It has been observed that the regions, particularly long-abandoned, fenced at the time the fence from the trunks of willow, became a place where the willow grows.In the Moscow region in the villages there was a lot of willow groves.Therefore, if you make a willow fence, then soon you will notice green shoots on pillars.In addition, this type of plant has some positive characteristics in comparison with others, is:
- High hardiness.
- picky in choosing soils.
- good ability to carry air pollution and various diseases.
Due to the latter property willow plant is recommended for green urban spaces.Accordingly, where the willow grows, not only beautiful, but also the air in this place is cleaner.
Types willows
Willow - willow tree plant family.In some areas of Russia are used in the title of willow word "willow."So basically it called a kind of willow shrub and its thickets.Upon closer inspection of places where there are willow, you will notice that apparently these plants can differ significantly from each other.Among them are tall trees and bushes that are sometimes quite small - low-growing or prostrate on the ground.In the polar regions, in the mountains, upland areas can meet the small willow and dwarf shrubs are very small, reaching only a few centimeters in height.
Total willow family includes about 370 species.Basically, the majority of areas where the growing of willow, this cool area of the Northern Hemisphere.Only a few species of this beautiful plant is native to the tropics.In North America there are about 65, of which only 25 types - a tree.They reach a height of 15 meters, but there are some species among the giants.They are up to 40 m, and the diameter of the trunk of this species can be up to half a meter.
Places growing willow shrub type:
- In the east of the European part of Russia.
- in Siberia.
- in Central Asia.
in Russia and in the western regions of the European part of willow called willow, willow, shelyugoy.Basically it is quite large trees and shrubs.
