There are many different types of weeping willow trees available for any landscape.
In addition to the beauty and aura Weeping Willows provide, the weeping willow tree can also provide shade and a source of food for wild animals.
Willow trees are categorized as deciduous trees just like, the oak tree, ash tree, basswood tree and maple tree. Willow trees, in general, are available in many different species, and each species has its uses and benefits. While some are good for making baskets and fences, others are planted along streams to prevent soil erosion.
How To Identify a Willow Tree: Different Types of Weeping Trees in the Salix Genus
There are over 400 different species of willow trees, and most of them do great in different types of soil.
This complete willow tree guide examines 50 of the most popular willow trees available for planting, along with their characteristics and growing zones.
You can use the pictures, map, and chart below to learn more about the different types of trees.
1. Bebb’s Willow
Bebb’s Willow is a 20–30 foot tall, slender, somewhat columnar-shaped small tree/shrub. The bark of the single or numerous trunks is maroon.
- Leaves: Simple, alternate, and deciduous – White, Green, and Brown
- Flowers: They emerge just before the leaves. Male and female flowers are on different plants.
- Fruit: Brown
- Bark: Gray, thin, and smooth. Furrowed and dark gray in mature trees
- Zone: 3 – 7
2. Corkscrew Willow
Corkscrew Willow trees were cloned from female trees, and cannot be grown by seed.13
- Leaves: Serrated edges and 3- to 5-inch lengths and widths are characteristics of individual leaves. In the fall, the normally green foliage becomes yellow.
- Flowers: Green, tiny, clustered catkins.
- Fruit: The sterile fruits – pointed, green capsules clustered in catkins.
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- Bark: Fuzzy covering on yellow twigs when young. Grayish-brown with ridges in mature plants.
- Zone: 4 – 8
3. Narrowleaf Willow
Rhizomatous – they grow new shoots from the roots, therefore resprout quickly.
- Leaves: Silky-gray
- Flowers: Catkins show right after the leaves
- Fruit: Hairy capsules with many tiny seeds, shiny white silk
- Bark: Brownish and silky
- Zone: 4 – 6
4. Dappled Willow
Its foliage has a stunning combination of three colors, pink, light green, and white hues.
- Leaves: Oblong-shaped, narrow and variegated. Pink-tinged in spring and whitish-green in summer.
- Flowers: Have small yellow catkins in early – mid-spring
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- Fruit: Edible and showy
- Bark: Pink stems
- Zone: 4 – 9
5. Goat Willow
Male catkins resemble a cat’s paws. It supports wildlife, such as the purple emperor butterfly.
- Leaves: Oval shape, hairless above, have a felt-like coating of hairs under the leaf, pointed tips bending towards one side.
- Flowers: Grow on separate trees. Male catkins are grey, oval, and stout but yellow when ripe. The female catkins are a bit longer and green.
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- Fruit: Female catkins grow into woolly seeds when pollinated.
- Bark: Gets diamond-shaped fissures as it ages, but initially grey-brown
- Zone: 4 – 8
6. Peach-Leaf Willow
Peach-leaf Willow has 5 inches long, finely toothed with a slender tail tip.
- Leaves: Alternate, 2-5 inches long, narrowly lance-elliptic, wedge-shaped at the base.
- Flowers: Found in spike-like clusters at the tips of their branchlets.
- Bark: Gray on older Peach-leaf willow trees with deep furrows and flat ridges.
- Fruit: Yellow pear-shaped, 3-7 mm long and has no hair with a cottony seed inside.
- Zone: 4 – 8
7. Purple Osier Willow
A deciduous shrub that grows pretty fast and spreads. It has arching stems that are reddish purple.
- Leaves: Glossy green, slender, and have a bluish underside
- Flowers: 3 Centimeters long silvery-green catkins and purple anthers on male catkins which will turn yellow. Female catkin matures into a bristly spike and releases tiny wind-borne seeds.
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- Fruit: 1/4 Inch and has long pointed capsules in narrow clusters. They have numerous tiny fuzzy seeds inside.
- Bark: Smooth, reddish-purple on young trees; mature ones have pale grey bark
- Zone: 4 – 7
8. Pussy Willow
Pussy Willow grows from a central stem with a topiary shape.12 It has shallow roots that spread quickly.
- Leaves: Alternate, 3 – 4 inches long and are gray-green on the underside; also have a non-showy color in fall
- Flowers: Furry catkins. Male flowers are silky gray, and then leaves come out to separate the female and male flowers
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- Fruit: Capsule, harvested in Fall, copper or brown color
- Bark: Scaly, dark-gray
- Zone: 4 – 8
9. Scouler’s Willow
Scouler’s Willow does great in poorly drained or moist areas because it’s a water-tolerant shrub with a lot of twigs and ranges from 2 – 12 m tall.
- Leaves: An almost elliptic shape or oblong, 5 to 12.5 cm long, usually short-pointed at the tip with a tapered base.
- Fruit: Light reddish-brown, with 0.75 cm long-pointed capsules.
- Flowers: Small, grouped in catkins.
- Bark: Thin, with flat and broad ridges, usually gray or dark brown
- Zone: 5 – 9
10. Bay Willow
Loves damp conditions and feeds pollinators and caterpillars.
- Leaves: Thick, oval leaves that are very glossy and dark green with serrated margins
- Bark: Dark gray and has scaly, crossing ridges
- Fruit: Female catkins grow into a fruit capsule with tiny seeds dispersed by wind.
- Flowers: Female and male flowers are on separate plants. Male – yellow, female catkins – greenish.
- Zone: 4 – 9
11. White Willow
Require enough moisture and full sun to thrive.
- Leaves: 4 Inches long, narrow, with serrated edges. Starkly white-gray undersides that are covered in thick down.
- Flowers: Dioecious. Male catkins- 4 to 5 cm and female catkins- 3-4 cm long.
- Fruit: Capsule with tiny, downy seeds inside.
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- Bark: With silky hairs all over, dark green-brown.
- Zone: 3 – 8
12. Yellow Willow
Yellow Willow is a 7-m tall shrub that can form colonial thickets or become erect and treelike.
- Leaves: Lance-shaped, can be smooth, wavy, lightly serrated, or have gland-studded edges.
- Flowers: Alternate, pinnate, simple, yellow, and bloom in the spring
- Fruit: Brown
- Bark: Silvery-gray in older twigs
- Zone: 3 – 7
13. Black Willow
Black Willows are found in moist to wet soils where the sun is full sun – part shade.11
- Leaves: Bright green on both sides
- Flowers: 6-12 Centimeters widely spaced flowers, 4 to 7 stamens per flower
- Fruit: Reddish-brown capsules with hundreds of small seeds.
- Bark: Gray and deeply fissured
- Zone: 4 – 9
14. Hankow Willow
An ornamental tree with beautiful golden brown branches that form a wave, the twigs are twisted, and the leaves wavy-edged.
- Leaves: Alternate, alternate, and simple
- Flowers: Flowers on separate plants
- Fruit: Not showy and does not attract wildlife; dry and hard.
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- Bark: Gray, brown
- Zone: 5 – 8
15. Tortured Willow
Twisted and strong outer branches, leaves, and twigs.
- Leaves: Long, narrow, finely serrated margins, bright green on top, and blue-green underneath; start with silky hairy, late become hairless
- Flowers: Only female flowers that are short and cylindrical
- Fruit: Green
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- Bark: Has moderate fissures as it ages, grey-brown to dark-brown, prone to breakage
- Zone: 4 – 7
16. Virginia Willow
It prefers full sun – partial shade, but it can also do well in the shade.
- Leaves: Green, 1 to 4 inches long, gold/yellow, red, or orange in fall
- Bark: Gray-brown, slightly wrinkled on larger branches, small branches have a brown-red bark that is smooth with scattered lenticels.1
- Fruit: Dry, small, and persistent capsules
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- Flowers: White and fragrant which can grow from 3 to 6 inches in spring or summer
- Zone: 5 – 9
17. Grey Willow
It thrives in wet soil and one of the most common willow species in UK.
- Leaves: Oval in shape, twice as long as their width, fine silver felt under the leaf with some rusty hairs beneath the veins.
- Flowers: The male catkins and female ones are found on separate trees. The male ones are stout, oval, and gray and become yellow when ripe; female catkins are a bit longer and green in color.
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- Bark: Grey-brown and forms diamond-shaped fissures as it continues to age
- Fruit: Wind-pollinated female catkins grow into woolly seeds.
- Zone: 2 – 7
18. Coyote Willow
Reproduces by both rhizomes and seeds and can tolerate cold climate.
- Leaves: Tapered, has short petioles and sometimes none, narrow, long with entire margins that have a few teeth.
- Bark: Gray-green to brown, smooth when young and becomes rough with scales/ridges as it ages.
- Zone: 4 – 6
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- Flowers: Caterpillar-like catkins, long spikes with multiple small flowers.
- Fruit: A dense tuft of white silky hairs with small seeds inside
19. Geyer’s Willow
Upright form growth of up to 15 feet and has active growth during spring and summer.
- Leaves: Narrow, lanceolate, with entire margins, medium green
- Flowers: 1 to 2 Centimeters long female catkins, yellow
- Fruit: Hairy capsules, brown
- Bark: Brownish-tan
- Zone: 3
20. Booth’s Willow
Grows fast and can grow up to 24 feet.
- Leaves: Green with medium texture
- Flowers: Yellow
- Fruit: Light green capsules, in a spike with fluffy seeds inside
- Bark: Reddish or yellowish branches
- Zone: 5 – 9
21. Drummond’s Willow
A perennial shrub with active growth in summer and spring.
- Leaves: Green, lanceolate, 2-9 cm, narrow, enrolled entire margins
- Flowers: Yellow
- Fruit: Capsule, yellowish, with sparse silky hair
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- Bark: Bluish or white waxy texture on branches
- Zone: 4 – 9
22. Lemmon’s Willow
Deciduous and shade tolerant.
- Leaves: Shiny green, lanceolate, sparse hair on the underside, pointed tips
- Flowers: Yellow, come out in early spring
- Bark: Yellow-brown stems, smooth or a bit waxy
- Fruit: Hairy capsules
- Zone: 5
23. Pacific or Whiplash Willow
This willow species are 15 – 45 feet tall and slender.
- Leaves: Shiny, long, and thin, 5-10 cm long, with finely-toothed edges.
- Flowers: Light reddish-brown, hairless, thick catkins that are 6-8 mm long
- Fruit: Green-pale green
- Bark: Furrowed and has flat and broad scaly plates.
- Zone: 3 – 9
24. Almond Willow
A small and bushy tree that grows up to 10 ft tall.
- Leaves: Lanceolate, broad, 4-11 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, and have a serrated margin, dark-green and dull above and glaucous underneath
- Flowers: Catkins that appear in spring
- Fruit: Light yellow/reddish capsules
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- Bark: Smooth and gray-brown when young, scaly with age
- Zone: 4 – 8
25. Crack Willow
The Crack Willow almost looks the same as white willow.
- Leaves: Long and slender, light green below and dark green on top, shorter than white willow leaves
- Fruit: Female catkins become white wooly seeds
- Flowers: Male- yellow; female – green
26. Columbia River Willow
Multi-stemmed and grows up to 6ft tall.
- Leaves: Lance-shaped, brow/green, covered in loose hair
- Bark: Gray-brown and scaly on older plants while smooth on younger ones
- Flowers: Yellow floral bracts
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- Fruit: Small
- Zone: 3 – 8
28. Dewystem Willow
A perennial shrub that grows up to 6ft tall
- Leaves: Oblong, elliptic, narrow, bright green
- Flowers: Gray in spring, Yellow stamens in male catkins
- Fruit: Has a length of 3 to 4 mm
- Bark: Red-brown branches
- Zone: 5 – 9
29. Strapleaf Willow
Grows up to 8 m tall in floodplains and swamps.
- Leaves: Lance-shaped, 13 cm, serrated edges, strap-shaped
- Flowers: Hairy catkins, male – short, stout, female – longer
- Fruit: Capsules
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- Bark: Gray-brown
- Zone: 5 – 8
30. Sitka Willow
1-8 m long deciduous shrub.
- Leaves: Oblong, entire margins, bright green
- Flowers: Female catkins are 2 to 8 cm, cream-yellow; Male catkins are two and a half to five mm long, brown-colored
- Bark: Smooth and reddish-brown when young, gray and furrowed when matured
- Fruit: Tear-shaped, a small capsule with silky seeds
- Zone: 4 – 9
31. Arroyo Willow
A deciduous multi-stemmed tree that spreads and has an almost rounded crown.
- Leaves: Lanceolate, long, broad, shiny, dark green, rusty airs underneath
- Flowers: Yellow catkins-male, green-female, and on separate plants
- Bark: Smooth, twigs are yellowish-dark brown in color
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- Fruit: A two-valved capsule which is long and pointed
- Zone: 4 – 8
32. Arctic Willow
A creeping willow is also called the rock plant.
- Leaves: Have pointed tips, oval in shape
- Flowers: Male – yellow, female – red or pink
- Bark: Yellow-brown/reddish-brown branches
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- Fruit: No fruit, just seeds
- Zone: 4 – 7
33. Dwarf Willow
A tiny creeping tree that grows 1 – 6 cm in the arctic and other harsh conditions.
- Leaves: Rounded, deciduous, toothed, and shiny green in color with undersides that are a bit pale
- Flowers: Female – red, male – yellow
- Fruit: Red and yellow
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- Bark: Branches are golden
- Zone: 8a
34. Shining Willow
The Shining Willow almost looks like autumn willow but is smaller.
- Leaves: Alternate, oblong, widest near the middle in most trees, the upper surface looks shiny, the lower surface has a paler green color.
- Fruit: Pear-shaped, hairless, 5 – 7 mm long capsules, yellow when mature
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- Flowers: Catkins on separate plants
- Bark: Gray, a bit rough
- Zone: 2 – 3
36. Hybrid Willow
Grows in moist environments like shorelines where its branches have put down roots after breaking from main trees. Multi-stemmed, drooping, and erect branches.
- Leaves: Narrow and long leaves with fine teeth and tapered tips.
- Flowers: Clustered, tiny, and in catkins that come out when the leaves do.
- Fruit: Green capsules, catkins, clustered.
- Bark: Scattered pores on a smooth and green bark in younger trees. Mature ones have deep furrows and narrow ridges.
- Zone: 4 – 9
37. Black Willow
Grows to between 15 – 80 feet in length.
- Leaves: Bright green in color, almost equal on both sides, linear, thin
- Flowers: Long, widely
- Fruit: Capsule, pear-shaped, hairless, 3 – 5 mm long, yellowish when ripe, inflated at the bottom, and has a long beak.
- Bark: Deeply fissured, has a gray bark
- Zone: 2 – 8
38. Golden Weeping Willow
Best grown in moist and wet soils along shorelines. Golden Weeping Willow has weak branches that break easily in high winds. When planted on a small site, it will require a lot of pruning.
- Leaves: Lance-shaped leaves
- Flowers: Catkins, clustered, tiny, and they emerge with leaves.
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- Fruit: Green capsules
- Bark: Has furrows and ridges. Brown in color.
- Zone: 4 – 10
39. Babylon Willow
Babylon Willow is a weeping tree with pendulous branches, a rounded crown, and a stout trunk.9
- Leaves: Serrated margins, lanceolate, linear, with a light green top surface, and glaucous below
- Flowers: Catkins on separate trees
- Fruit: Dry green-brown capsule with cottony-like seeds
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- Bark: Grayish-brown or grayish-black, often with furrows
- Zone: 5 – 9
40. Downy Willow
Downy Willow has whitish down on leaves and stems.
- Leaves: Pointed, smooth edges, smooth and narrow. Dull green/gray with some hair at the top and pale gray with a lot of hair underneath.
- Flowers: Cylindrical and short in female catkins. Male flowers ones have reddish-purple anthers
- Fruit: Splits when ripe, and dry
- Bark: Hairy, rigid, and reddish-brown when young, smooth and glossy when older
- Zone: 3 – 7
41. Wisconsin Weeping Willow
Wisconsin Weeping Willow has ground sweeping branches and can grow 40 – 60 inches tall.
- Leaves: Narrow, glossy, turn yellow in fall
- Flowers: Silver-green catkins, yellow in fall
- Fruit: Brown
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- Bark: Dark-brown, furrowed
- Zone: 3 – 9
42. Kilmarnock Weeping Willow
Kilmarnock Weeping Willow is a small pendulous tree with yellow branches.
- Leaves: Alternate, elliptic, 10 cm long, toothed margin, dark-green on top and gray-green underneath, yellow-green color in fall
- Flowers: Gray, large catkins
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- Fruit: Brown
- Bark: Brown
- Zone: 4 – 8
44. Basket Willow
A fast-growing willow tree used for basket weaving and carbon sequestering.
- Leaves: Glossy green, narrow, long, hairy texture and silvery underneath the leaf, roll inwards
- Flowers: Catkins appear before the leaves
- Fruit: Greenish capsules, dry, split open
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- Bark: Greyish-brown, has vertical cracks
- Zone: 4 – 8
45. Dwarf Blue Arctic Willow
A rounded shrub that can tolerate wet soils.
- Leaves: Blue-Green, wispy with a silver underside
- Flowers: White in color and bloom in April – May
- Fruit: Brown
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- Bark: Smooth bark, purple branches
- Zone: 3 – 7
46. Japanese Pink Pussy Willow
The Japanese Pink Pussy Willow is a deciduous and loses its leaves in autumn.
- Leaves: Bluish-gray with a silky underneath
- Flowers: Fuzzy catkins, rosy-pink
- Fruit: Gold-yellow
- Bark: Cinnamon, smooth, mottled
- Zone: 4 – 9
47. Scarlet Willow
It has orange-red or yellow young branches in winter.
- Leaves: 10 Centimeters long, grey-green, and lance-shaped
- Flowers: Green, male and female catkins are on separate trees, usually in spring
- Fruit: Catkin with fluffy seeds inside
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- Bark: Red-orange
- Zone: 5 – 10
48. Prairie Cascade Willow
A dense deciduous tree that has a rounded form and weeping branches.
- Leaves: Glossy narrow leaves that change to yellow in fall.
- Flowers: Catkins
- Fruit: Yellow catkins
- Bark: Furrowed with yellow branches
- Zone: 3 – 6
49. Navajo Peking Willow
It has a round form that looks like a perfect ball.
- Leaves: Olive green leaves that turn bright yellow in the fall.
- Flowers: Catkins produced at the beginning of spring.
- Fruit: Small, brown capsules
- Bark: Yellow when the tree is young and olive green when mature.
- Zone: 5 – 7
50. Niobe Weeping Willow
Niobe Weeping Willow trees do well in low and moist areas. Has doping branches and a spreading canopy.
- Leaves: Narrow, 4-inch, with finely-toothed edge and green-yellow color during summer. Whitish on the undersides.
- Flowers: White catkins
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- Fruit: Not showy
- Bark: Golden bark
- Zone: 4 – 8
What Are Some of the Types of Weeping Evergreen Trees?
There are so many types of weeping evergreen trees in different places worldwide. Some of them are:
- Weeping Fir Tree
- Weeping Pine Tree
- Weeping Norway Spruce
- Weeping Evergreen Cedar
- Weeping Nootka Cypress Tree
- Weeping Colorado Spruce
- Weeping Hemlock
- Feelin’ Sunny Deodar Cedar Patio Tree
- Gold Mop Cypress
Types of Weeping Willow Trees in Every State: Weeping Willow Identification per State
| State | Willow Trees |
| Alabama | Weeping Goat Gray Prairie Silky Coastal plain Missouri river Florida4 |
| Alaska | Bebb Weeping Hybrid Narrowleaf Yellow Gray Laurel |
| Arizona | Yellow Desert willow Weeping White Hybrid crack Bebb Narrow-leaf Geyer Arroyo Pacific Booth’s Red Dewystem Scouler’s Diamond leaf Park |
| Arkansas | Black willow Hybrid crack Weeping White Coastal plain Missouri River Prairie Silky |
| California | Del Norte willow Yellow willow Hybrid Wisconsin weeping White Bebb Booth’s Drummond’s Mountain Geyer Goodding’s Narrow-leaf |
| Colorado | Black willow Wisconsin weeping Hybrid White Peachleaf Arizona Bebb Booth’s Barclay’s Pussy |
| Connecticut | Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack6 White Pussy Goat Bebb Missouri River Sandbar Prairie Shining Silky |
| Delaware | Hybrid crack Weeping White Goat Pussy Coastal plain Missouri river Prairie Shining Silky Black |
| Florida | Black willow Weeping Florida Coastal plain Prairie Missouri river Black |
| Georgia | Weeping willow Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack White Coastal plain Missouri River Florida Silky Prairie Black |
| State | Willow Trees |
| Hawaii | Mexican primrose-willow |
| Idaho | Yellow willow Hybrid crack White Peachleaf Arctic Barclay’s Bebb Booth’s Drummond’s Mountain Narrow-leaf Geyer Arroyo Shining Pacific Scouler’s Snow |
| Illinois | Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack Weeping White Peachleaf Bebb Goat Coastal plain Missouri river Pussy Prairie Corkscrew Shining Black Purple osier Silky Autumn Laurel Meadow |
| Indiana | Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack White Peachleaf |
| Iowa | Hybrid crack Weeping White Peachleaf Bebb Pussy Missouri river |
| Kansas | Yellow willow White Peachleaf Coastal plain Narrow-leaf Missouri River Prairie Sandbar Black Shining |
| Kentucky | Black willow Wisconsin weeping Hybrid White Peachleaf Coastal plain Pussy Prairie Silky Laurel Black |
| Louisiana | Narrowleaf willow Weeping White Prairie Sandbar Black Missouri River Coastal plain |
| Maine | Black willow Elaeagnus Pussy Snowbed Prairie Shining Laurel Meadow Silky Diamond leaf |
| Maryland | Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack Weeping White Bebb Elaeagnus Goat Coastal plain Prairie Pussy Shining Black Purple osier Silky Laurel |
| State | Willow Trees |
| Massachusetts | Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack White Bebb Sage leaf Pussy Missouri River Elaeagnus Prairie Sandbar Shining Meadow Laurel Autumn |
| Michigan | Wisconsin weeping White Peachleaf Hybrid crack Bebb Goat Sage leaf Missouri River Pussy Prairie Shining Sandbar |
| Minnesota | Bebb’s willow Peach-leaf willow Black willow White Missouri River Sage leaf Pussy Hybrid crack Prairie Sandbar Yellow Purple osier Autumn Meadow Laurel |
| Mississippi | Coastal plain Weeping Pussy Prairie Black Sandbar |
| Missouri | Pussy willow Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack White Peachleaf Sandbar Yellow Black Purple osier Silky Prairie |
| Montana | Hybrid crack Peachleaf White Arctic Barclay’s Barratt’s Bebb Booth’s Sage leaf Pussy Drummond’s Narrow-leaf Mountain Geyer |
| Nebraska | Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack White Peachleaf Bebb Missouri River Prairie Sandbar Yellow Black |
| Nevada | Yellow willow Weeping White Peachleaf Bebb Booth’s Drummond’s Mountain Narrow-leaf Geyer Goodding’s Arroyo Shining Lemmon’s |
| New Hampshire | Hybrid crack Weeping White Labrador Bebb Pussy Missouri River Snow-bed Prairie Shining Black Laurel Meadow Purple osier Diamond leaf Silky Balsam Satiny |
| New Jersey | Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack White Sage leaf Coastal plain Pussy Missouri River Prairie Shining Black Laurel Meadow Silky Purple osier Autumn |
| State | Willow Trees |
| New Mexico | Arizona Peachleaf White Booth’s Bebb Drummond’s Narrow-leaf Geyer Goodding’s Arroyo Shining Pacific Scouler’s |
| New York | Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack White Peachleaf Sage leaf Goat, pussy Elaeagnus Missouri River Bebb Snowbed Prairie Sandbar |
| North Carolina | Weeping White Black Wisconsin weeping Coastal plain Goat Pussy Prairie Laurel Large gray Silky Purple osier |
| North Dakota | White Peachleaf Bebb Sage leaf Missouri River Pussy Prairie Sandbar Shining Yellow Laurel Meadow Autumn |
| Ohio | Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack White Peachleaf Bebb Goat Missouri River Coastal plain Pussy Prairie Shining Sandbar Corkscrew Laurel Meadow Bog Bayberry |
| Oklahoma | Peachleaf Coastal plain Missouri River Prairie Sandbar Black |
| Oregon | Del Norte willow Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack Peachleaf Arctic Bebb Booth’s Drummond’s Narrow-leaf Farr’s Geyer Dune Arroyo Lemmon’s Pacific Snow Sierra Yellow |
| Pennsylvania | Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack White Peachleaf Bebb Goat Coastal plain Pussy Large gray Heartleaf Sandbar Prairie Shining |
| Rhode Island | Hybrid crack White Large gray Missouri River Pussy Prairie Bebb Shining Black Meadow Laurel Silky Bog Bayberry |
| South Carolina | Carolina willow Coastal plain Prairie Black Elaeagnus Large gray Silky Weeping |
| State | Willow Trees |
| South Dakota | Missouri River Pussy Sage leaf Peachleaf Sandbar Prairie Bebb Hybrid crack Shining Greenleaf Yellow Laurel10 Meadow Autumn Scouler’s Diamond leaf |
| Tennessee | Black willow Hybrid crack Coastal plain Weeping White Missouri River Prairie Sandbar Silky Large gray |
| Texas | Black willow Wisconsin weeping Coastal plain Desert Peachleaf Narrow-leaf Goodding’s Arroyo Prairie Yew leaf |
| Utah | Hybrid crack Arizona Peachleaf Booth’s Bebb Cascade Drummond’s Large gray Narrow-leaf Goodding’s Geyer Arroyo |
| Vermont | Hybrid crack Weeping White Arctic Bebb Sage leaf Pussy Missouri River Prairie Shining Meadow Satiny Laurel Black Purple osier Silky Autumn Bog Bayberry |
| Virginia | Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack White Goat Coastal plain Missouri River Large gray Pussy Prairie Sandbar Shining Black Silky Purple osier Corkscrew Laurel |
| Washington | Yellow willow Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack Peachleaf White Arctic Barclay’s Booth’s Bebb Sage leaf Cascade Farr’s Geyer Narrow-leaf Drummond’s Mountain Arroyo Lemmon’s Gray leaf Shining Pacific Dusky Dune Snow McCalla’s |
| West Virginia | Wisconsin weeping Hybrid crack White Goat Coastal plain Large gray Pussy Missouri River Prairie Sandbar Shining Black Purple osier Silky |
| Wisconsin | Hybrid crack Weeping White Peachleaf Bebb Sage leaf Heartleaf Missouri River Pussy Elaeagnus Prairie Sandbar Shining Bayberry Black Satiny Laurel Meadow Purple osier Diamond leaf Bog Silky Autumn Balsam |
| Wyoming | Hybrid crack Weeping White Peachleaf Bebb Booth’s Short fruit Cascade Pussy Drummond’s Mountain Narrow-leaf Sage leaf Farr’s7 Sandbar Lemmon’s Shining Geyer Greenleaf Yellow Dusky Sierra Alpine Autumn Wolf’s |
Willow trees are elegant and have beautiful fall colors that make the landscape look colorful and bright. Each species has its specific soil and climate requirements depending on the growing zone.
Even so, any willow tree will be an excellent choice of plant for your backyard or garden. You can use the list of different types of weeping willow trees, pictures, maps, and charts above to help you make a choice.
Frequently Asked Questions About Types of Weeping Willow Trees
What Is a Weeping Cherry Tree?
An ornamental cherry tree that has pendulous weeping branches with clusters of white and pink flowers.
What Are Weeping Shrubs?
Small woody trees with branches that are drooping towards the ground.
What Are the Characteristics To Look For To Know How To Identify a Willow Tree in Winter?
They have flexible, thin branches.
Are There Types of Willow Trees That Do Not Shed Their Leaves?
Yes. Perennial willow trees like Drummond’s Willow and Dewystem willow do not shed their leaves throughout the year.
Which Are the Black Willow Tree Identification Features?
It is slender, and flexible, with light-red twigs and orange-brown narrow buds. It also has narrow leaves as seen in pictures, maps, and charts.
Which Are the White Willow Tree Identification Features?
Narrow silvery-white leaves. The bark is gray-brown and the tree has a leaning crown.
Which Are the Common Types of Weeping Willow Trees?
The common types of weeping willow trees are Golden Weeping willow,8 Niobe Weeping willow, Wisconsin Weeping willow, and Kilmarnock Weeping willow.
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