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Leaves linear to obovate; usually less than 5 cm wide. Flowers with 1 or 2 elongated nectaries Salix
Trees with one to several trunks 10–20 m high. Leaves linear to oblanceolate more than 3 times as long as broad. Catkins emerging with leaves
Trees with long pendulous branches. Naturalized along the banks of some rivers in the region. Introd. from Asia. Weeping Willow Salix babylonica