Willow Collection (#27)

Contorted Willow (Salix sp. ) close-up of frost covered twigs, in garden, Suffolk, England, february
Contorted Willow (Salix sp.) close-up of frost covered twigs, in garden, Suffolk, England, february

Beauties beneath a willow tree. Print shows two women, one wearing a large white hat, and a child standing beneath a willow tree. Date between 1804 and 1818

Two oxen, one under a willow tree and one under a plum tree. Date 1720

Horses under a willow tree. Print shows two horses. Date between 1804 and 1818

Beauty under a willow tree. Print shows a full-length portrait of a woman holding a parasol, standing beneath a willow tree. Date 1782 or 1783

White heron beneath a willow tree. Print shows a white heron standing beneath a willow tree on the edge of a pond. Date between 1804 and 1818

Yanagi - willow. Drawing shows a branch of an yanagi, or willow tree, with leaves, flowers or racemes, and bark. Date 187-

107th St. east from Third Ave. NY A centre for willow plumes. Location: New York, New York (State). Date 1912 February

Willow bundle offering (Kezuribana). Print shows the text of two poems. Date 1797

Four: cottonballs blooming on a willow

Boy Scout fishing, Longridge Centre
A Boy Scout fishing in front of an ITV camera on a tripod at Longridge Water Activities Centre. July 1972

Man carrying withies for lobster pot making, Devon
A man carrying withies (willow branches) to be used in the making of lobster pots, at Start Bay, Devon. Date: circa 1970s

Richmond Park Lodge, Surrey
Richmond Park Lodge, the residence of Philip Medows Esq Date: circa 1790

Weeping Willow C1890
A weeping willow Date: circa 1890

Goat Willow (Salix caprea) habit, growing in ditch beside arable fields, Bacton, Suffolk, England, june

Sallow (Salix sp. ) trees in marshy ground beside freshwater loch, Loch Kinord, Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve
Sallow (Salix sp.) trees in marshy ground beside freshwater loch, Loch Kinord, Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve, Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, october

Willow (Salix sp. ) pollarded tree with regrowth, growing on riverbank, River Rattlesden, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
Willow (Salix sp.) pollarded tree with regrowth, growing on riverbank, River Rattlesden, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England, april

Polar Willow (Salix polaris) Grice Fjord, Ellesmere Canadian Arctic

Common Sallow (Salix cinerea) close-up of leaves, growing in fen, Middle Fen, Thelnetham Fen, Thelnetham, Little Ouse Valley, Suffolk, England, june

White Willow (Salix alba var. caerulea) Cricket Bat Willow, plantation, growing in river valley fen, Lang Fen, Redgrave and Lopham Fen N.N.R. Waveney Valley, Suffolk, England, may

Crack Willow (Salix fragilis) habit, split and fallen trunk with regrowth, growing in wet woodland, Little Ouse Headwaters Project, Blo Norton Fen, Blo Norton, Little Ouse Valley, Norfolk, England

White Willow (Salix alba) habit, growing at edge of track in arable farmland, Bacton, Suffolk, England, may

Creeping Willow (Salix repens) seed dispersal, growing on coastal heathland, Orkney, Scotland, june

Willow (Salix sp. ) pollarded trees, Lackford Lakes Nature Reserve, Suffolk, England, march
Willow (Salix sp.) pollarded trees, Lackford Lakes Nature Reserve, Suffolk, England, march

Crack Willow (Salix fragilis) leaves, growing at edge of reedbed in fen habitat, Little Ouse Headwaters Project, Bettys Fen, Blo Norton, Little Ouse Valley, Norfolk, England, june

Common Sallow (Salix cinerea) habit, growing in fen habitat, Middle Fen, Thelnetham Fen, Thelnetham, Little Ouse Valley, Suffolk, England, june

Willow (Salix sp. ) coppiced stools in bed, surrounded by hedge of layed branches as protection from browsing deer
Willow (Salix sp.) coppiced stools in bed, surrounded by hedge of layed branches as protection from browsing deer, River Rattlesden, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England, april

Goat Willow (Salix caprea) close-up of trunk with flail damage, growing in hedgerow at edge of snow covered arable field, Bacton, Suffolk, England, november

Retuse-leaved Willow (Salix retusa) ancient dwarf alpine habit, flowering, Julian Alps, Slovenia, june

Goat Willow (Salix caprea) close-up of leaf underside, growing in hedgerow, Bacton, Suffolk, England, september

Raised bog habitat with birch and willow trees, Cors Caron, Ceredigion, Wales, october

Cut and uncut Osier grown for fencing and basket making with snow

Yellow-tail Moth (Euproctis similis) fully-grown larva, feeding on Sallow (Salix sp. ) leaf, Powys, Wales, june
Yellow-tail Moth (Euproctis similis) fully-grown larva, feeding on Sallow (Salix sp.) leaf, Powys, Wales, june

Wet woodland management, clearing area of Common Sallow (Salix cinerea) in snow, Ferry Wood, The Broads N. P
Wet woodland management, clearing area of Common Sallow (Salix cinerea) in snow, Ferry Wood, The Broads N.P. Norfolk, England, winter

Hurdle made from traditional weaved willow branches, England, july

Tau Emperor (Aglia tau) adult male, resting on Goat Willow (Salix caprea) with opening buds, Italy, march

Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris) adult male, perched in sallow bush, Norfolk, England, june

Willow bioenergy crop, Sweden
Willow bioenergy crop. Field of short rotation willow coppice (Salix sp.). Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) is a system of crop production in which high yield woody plants are grown on a 2 or 3 year

Willow grown for bioenergy
MODEL RELEASED. Willow grown for bioenergy. Technician checks the health of willow (Salix sp.) on a coppice plantation, where the wood is periodically harvested by cutting the trees to near ground

Bioenergy. Cotham power station (right) and electricity pylons are seen on land used for the production of wood as fuel. Here

Wood fuel for power station. Chopped up willow wood for use in a coal-fired power station (cooling towers and chimney seen in the background)

Willow sticks in a pile. Image 1 of 2. These strong pliable branches of willow (Salix sp.) will be used in the construction of an art sculpture. To see an image of the sculpture, see E760/271

Marquenterre valley, Rue, France
Marshland with pollarded willows (Salix) in the Marquenterre valley at Rue, Somme Estuary, North France

Grey willow catkins (Salix cinerea). Photographed in April, in Dorset, UK

Grey willow catkin (Salix cinerea), with pollen showing. Photographed in March, in Dorset, UK

Morning frost. Hoar frost covering willow (Salix sp.) trees (top) and grass (foreground), with common reeds (Phragmites australis) and bulrushes (Typha sp. brown, left) around a small lake

Willow stem, light micrograph
Willow stem. Light micrograph of a cross-section through the stem of a willow (Salix sp.) tree. At centre is the pith (white), surrounded by woody xylem tissue (pink)

Bracket polypore fungi
Sulphur polypore or chicken-of-the-woods bracket fungi (Laetiporus sulphureus) on a live willow tree (Salix sp.). This edible fungus is named after the sulphur colour of its hymenium

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