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n. - A large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows.

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  • Aspirin – well, any gardener or crossword puzzle buff knows that Salix is the Latin word for Willow.
  • Zonal tussock tundra near Toolik Lake, Alaska, with large shrubs/small trees of '' Salix '' in moist sheltered depressions.
  • Ilex cassine, Salix longipes and Chrysobalanus icaco.
  • Salix spp., and Lonicera spp. occupies moist, sheltered sites.
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