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Trees naturally are perennial woody plants that have secondary branches supported above the ground on a trunk with clear apical dominance. Trees are an important element in the landscape, they beautify our homes, attract wildlife, reduce wind speed to reduce our heating bills, prevent erosion and provide a well integrated natural ecosystem. Regarding the environment, trees absorb carbon dioxide in the artmosphere and oxygen as a byproduct produse. With this kind of interaction, the environment is moderate. Trees are also used for landscaping and they are also known to produce a very positive effect on the ground.

Weeping Willow tree species are tall and their branches fall like curtains all around the trunk, very small leaves that resemble arrows appear in the primary sources and will last until late fall. At first the leaves have a golden color and get greener as they grow. Willows grow very fast and have strong roots, which explains why it is recommended to plant near the river to protect the soil against erosion by water. Willows must not be planted near houses or pipes because they are likely to destroy the infrastructure of cables and pipes with their strong roots.

A willow tree will grow new very easily from a broken branch or a piece of root and can be used effectively on wetlands that need to be drained, so the lake in an area they can change the landscape of the most boring in a beautiful view. The interesting fact about the weeping willow tree is that male and female flowers grow on separate trees, this feature is one species. The strange thing is that many times the flowers appear at different time intervals to make it impossible for the male and female meet. It is also well known that if several species of willow are held together, they blend into a tree very soon.

The weeping willow tree habitat stretches from the Arctic to the temperate zone, if it is a good wet ground, it will reach a height of fifty feet and a maximum diameter of three feet. Weeping willows have an important role in the culture of many countries, eg China and Turkey, they can be found near burial places as a symbol of sadness. Classic poets do not mention this very often natural element in their works, but starting with the Elizabethan willow has been considered an incarnation of love.

Despite the fact that the line as the English willow tree with love, the oldest meaning is given in the Bible where the willow is synonymous with terrible pain in the Arabian tales of the weeping willow refers also to penance and suffering, not to mention the fact that the Veterans Burial torches willow. There is a story claiming that the death of Alexander the Great has been predicted by a tree, the legend says that when he crossed the Euphrates River in a boat a willow swept away his crown. Back in modern times, the person who brought the weeping willow tree in Europe was a Turkish merchant. It is not difficult to imagine how the species crossed the Atlantic and eventually got integrated into the American landscape.