Corkscrew Willow

The corkscrew willow known as the salix matsudana ( chinese willow ) is a species of a willow tree that is native of  northeastern China. The corkscrew willow is named in honor after  Japanese botanist Sadahisa Matsudo. The corkscrew willow is widely cultivated, and planted. Corcksrew Willow's have twisted twigs that look like corkscrew. The corkscrew willow is a medium to large size deciduous tree, the tree can be 20 to 25ft. tall, and the tree has a short lifespan. The corkscrew willow has separate catkins ( aka ament, cylindrical flower cluster, has no pollinated, is wind or insect pollinated ) on male and female trees. The flowers are born in catkins, and are produced in early spring. The leaves on a corkscrew willow are narrow, light green, about 4 to 10cm long, and about 1 to 2 cm broad.


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