How do willows spread their seeds?

Willows disperse their seeds by the wind. Willow seeds generally mature in April to May, the seeds are very small, there are white fluff, because of the wind scattered such as catkins and called catkins, and willow is by the catkins flying to spread the seeds to a distance to take root germination, also by the wind to spread seeds also poplar, dandelion and so on.

Common species of willow

1, weeping willow

The branches are slender and drooping, the leaves are narrow lanceolate or linear lanceolate, and the vitality is strong. It is one of the common tree species and also a street tree commonly used in landscaping. It is cultivated in all parts of the Yangtze River Basin and the Yellow River Basin, and introduced in Asia, Europe and America.

2. Willow

The branches are erect or obliquely spread, the middle part of the leaves is the widest, the base is round or wide wedge, it likes light, cold tolerance, it can grow in wet and dry land, the root system is developed, the wind resistance is strong, it often grows in arid land or wet land, and it has not been artificially introduced and cultivated.

3. White Willow

Crown broad ovate, leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, young leaves on both sides have silver-white silky hair, leaves often glabrous above, slightly hairy or nearly glabrous below, inflorescence longer, Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Xizang and other provinces have cultivation.

4. Purple Willow

The leaves are small, thin spindle, green and smooth, the branches are dense, the plants are hemispherical, the male inflorescences are sparsely flowered, the female flower glands are 2, the flowering period is April, distributed in Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other provinces of China.