That particular acid, related to aspirin and useful as a pain-killing analgesic, is also present in the bark of the white willow and wintergreen leaves.
Maclyn was alone at the foot of Dierdre's grave beneath the remains of a giant white willow.
Its origin is unknown; it may be a hybrid between white willow and crack willow, but this is not confirmed.
The riders approached a stand of elms and white willows covered with vines climbing up their trunks and trailing plants hanging down.
Twigs of the variety of white willow called Chermesina have similarly colorful bark, orangish red in this case.
For example, cricket bats are typically made of white willow.
The trees divide the area in two belts: the one near the waters contains white willows with black and white poplars; the second presents locust-trees.
The species live in white willows, and prefers wet areas.
"How come there is shining willow, Charley, and no white willow, you tell me that?"
The white willow is a European introduction, though a very early one, and it spread rapidly.