Unpretentious willows - a modest and useful gift of nature to man.Many species, united in the family with the Latin name Salix (literal translation - "near water"), has given numerous names that deciduous trees: willow, willow, willow, willow, wicker, Bredin, shelyuga, willow and broom, Krasnotal, chernotal andmany other.In Siberia, Central Asia grow shrub species.Usually they are called willow.In the context of the north and the highlands prolyarnogo grow dwarf willows.This variety of height 2.5 cm, prostrate on the ground.In good natural conditions (ample lighted place, soil moderate humidity, light loam or sandy loam), the height of the trunk is 25 m with a cross-sectional diameter of 1.5 m. In Astrakhan, instead of a tree in general is said Willow.The Russian-standing mighty trees called willow, willow, willow.
tree - what is it?
most often called willow white willow.Crohn's transparent lace trees: young trees - columnar, have long-liver - spherical spreading.The bark on the trunks and branches of the central, upwardly, gray, rugged jaw and wide-lined furrows.Lateral branches are thin and long, they fall off downwards.Bark them bright green.Lanceolate leaves on short petioles, green above, smooth, bottom - silky matt silver-green.Willow - the plant is dioecious: there are male and female trees, which vary inconspicuous flowers.
Where was born there and amiss
willow - tree with great adaptability and fast-growing.Where you need to stop the destructive process gully, resorted to planting the cuttings, stakes of this plant.In areas where there are no forests, willow - a building material (beams, boards), which can be grown on the site itself pretty quickly.40 years young, slender willow suited to sawing.Wood willows - a soft pliable elastic material, its quality is a little inferior to the lime tree.From the willow bend arc hoops hammering deck.Because the stakes and twigs make fences - fences in the countryside.From thin branches not only weave baskets.In the hands of masters flexible vine turns into a fashionable and beautiful furniture.The bark of the branches is necessary in the tanning industry for leather tanning, dyeing them.Willow (twigs, bark, flowers) are used in folk medicine.First obtained from the bark of salicylic acid.Flowering trees attract bees with nectar.Willow - the material for the landscape of urban parks.Bark, twigs and leaves - a favorite food of goats.
Legends of old
willow (willow, willow) is known around the world.Pravoslavnymh Russian Christians known to Palm Sunday, which is celebrated a week before the Resurrection of Christ.Church blesses willow twigs (willow).This branch in the old drove cattle grazing in May Yegoryev day.In the horoscope of the Druids the first decade of March and September, from 3 to 12 the number of reserved people born under the sign of "Willow".There are many sayings, proverbs, but more often they mention willow, likely to rhyme.The same applies to the willow.As you know, this is the same tree, variously called.
