Golden Weeping Willow

Golden Weeping Willow

Salix alba 'Tristis'

Salicaceae

▲ young tree

▲ leaves, showing white leaf undersides

Location on Missouri State University campus: in retention basin area at southwest corner of National and Grand.

Salix alba ‘Tristis:’ Golden Weeping Willow

• leaves alternate, deciduous, lanceolate-linear with serrate margins; dark green, shiny on top, whitish underneath; 1.5-4" long, about 1/4 as wide
• stems slender, light yellow to yellow green, smooth and shiny and very flexible/weepy
• bark is brown, with thick corky ridges and furrows with age
• grows 50-70' tall in rounded or irregular outline with pendulous new growth
• prefers full sun and moist, fertile, soils
• fast growth rate
• prone to stem/branch breakage in wind and ice storms; generally short-lived tree