Magnificent weeping willow in the process of turning green standing out against a blue sky

grünende Trauerweide

#photography #spring #trees #SalixBabylonica

The cross-section of leaf and shoot venation anatomy of two willows.

Muhammad Waseem et al. compared #Hydraulic and #Gas-exchangeTraits between these two closely related #Salix species-- #SalixBabylonica and #SalixMatsudana, found that the later had higher #WaterUseEfficiency and #HydraulicSafety. Therefore, it could adapt to #AridEnvironments
doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

64541.01 Salix babylonica #Salixbabylonica #Salix #weepingwillow #willow #twigs #cuttwigs #cuts #weave #pattern #repeatingpattern