Salix warburgii O. Seem (water willow)

Family salicaceae

The Salix warburgii O. Seem (water willow) and the weeping willow have different posture, with the latter’s branches soft and drooping, while those of the former’s jerking up and spreading, giving us uniquely different flavors. It has dioecious flowers of catkins inflorescence and white-washed blade backs, presenting us a green-white when windblown. It endures humudity, suitable for planting in watery areas as decoration. The water willow serves as the Indian Fritillary’s larvae’s foodplant. Along the pond banks of Niaosong Wetland Park near Dapi Road are grown a row of water willows. In fact, if you observe more attentively, you can see not only the Indian Fritillary’s larvae but also larvae of other tussock moths and insects hold their activities in the trees.

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