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WILLOW

Salix spp.

Salix spp. of the family Salicaceae. There are almost 100 species from the genus Salix that have willow as all or part of one or more of their common names and I have no idea which of them are represented on this page. ALSO, there are at least another 70 unrealted species from about 30 genera that have willow as all or part of one or more of their common names and I have no idea whether or not some of those might be mixed in here as well.



my samples:


both sides of a sample plank of black willow / Salix nigra


end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above


both sides of a sample plank of corkscrew willow / Salix matsudana


end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above


both sides of a sample plank of peachleaf willow / Salix amygdaloides


end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above


plank and end grain. I've been told that there are many different "willows" with significant variations in grain pattern. I don't know which one this is. I will attempt to get more information.


end grain closeup of the piece directly above



both sides and both ends of a sample piece listed as "crack" willow


end grain closeup of the piece directly above



both sides of a sample plank sold to me as weeping willow / Salix babylonica --- the crack in this sample plank is not a big deal but is not unusual in the frequent poor quality of the samples I bought from the IWCS


end grain and end grain closeup of the sample plank directly above


veneer with a light curl


veneer


a cube, approximately 2" on each side, of spalted weeping willow cut from a stump in my back yard and treated with lindseed oil about 20 years before this pic was taken and not touched in between.


The Wood Book pics


flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
bigelow willow (Salix lasiolepis) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are avaiable for all 3 views




flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
black willow (Salix nigra) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are avaiable for all 3 views




flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
golden willow (Salix nuttalli) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are avaiable for all 3 views


flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
longstalk willow (Salix caroliniana; Hough has it listed as S. longipes, which is now considered just a synonym for S. caroliniana) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are avaiable for all 3 views




flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
Missouri willow (Salix eriocephala; Hough has it listed as Salix missouriensis which is now considered just a synonym for S. eriocephala) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are avaiable for all 3 views.




flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
peach willow (Salix amygdaloides) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are avaiable for all 3 views




flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
red bush willow (Salix laevigata) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are avaiable for all 3 views




flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
sandbar willow (Salix fluviatilis) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are avaiable for all 3 views




flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
silky willow (Salix sitchensis) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are avaiable for all 3 views




flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
Western willow (Salix lasiandra) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are avaiable for all 3 views




flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
white willow (Salix alba) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are avaiable for all 3 views



web pics


log section


flat cut plank


quartersawn plank


planks


plank listed as "diamond" willow


end grain of a piece specifically listed as Salix caprea and with the common name European goat willow


end grain of a piece listed as weeping willow


planks and closeup


planks listed as "black" willow --- I have not researched whether that's just a trade name or designates a subspecies.


plank --- color seems unlikely to me (too rich)


veneer with a color and vibrancy that is outside my (admittedly limited) experience of this species


curly veneer


tree sections, all from the same vendor (same tree, for that matter). The last one was listed as "crotch" but I'm not impressed.


bowl blank and closeups


bowl blanks


bowl blank listed as black willow


listed as half of a broken bowl blank --- appears to be curly and the color is so rich that I wonder if perhaps it has been moistened in some way.


this was listed as willow veneer, but it looks EXACTLY like a batch of veneer that I bought that was listed (I believe correctly) as European cherry, so I'll do some more research.


burl veneer


bowls just listed as willow


bowl listed as black willow