In roads, streams, on the banks of rivers, lakes and ponds, or near the property you can often find a large spreading tree, sometimes reaching heights tridtsatimetrovoy. This willow white, "or willow. Willow branches in green and yellow. The bark and the underside of the leaves are covered with silky hairs that resemble whitish coating. You probably do not just have to see how in a few seconds only is blowing gusty winds, the crown of willow green turns into a silver-white. If the willow grows in the water, it is particularly noticeable as thin flexible branches, as if exhausted, hanging down, the tips of the leaves touching the water. Perhaps, therefore, for the willow firmly entrenched epithet "weeping".