Withy or withe is a strong flexible willow Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most species are known as willow, but some narrow-leaved shrub species are called osier, and some broader-leaved species are referred to as sallow . Some stem that is typically used in thatching Thatching is the craft of covering a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still employed by builders in developing countries, usually and for gardening. An advantage of using this type of material is said to be a greater resistance to woodworm A woodworm is not a specific species. It is the larval stage of certain wood-boring beetles including:.
Several species and hybrid cultivars A cultivar comprises those plants that have been deliberately selected for their unique, and generally desirable, characteristics When propagated the plants of a particular cultivar retain their unique characteristics of willows are grown for withy production; typical species include Salix acutifolia, Salix daphnoides, Salix × mollissima, Salix purpurea, Salix triandra, and Salix viminalis.[1]
The term is also sometimes used to describe any type of flexible rod used in rural crafts Rural crafts refers to the traditional crafts production that is carried on, simply for everyday practical use, in the agricultural countryside. Once widespread and commonplace, the survival of some rural crafts is now in doubt[citation needed] such as hazel The hazels are a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae, though some botanists split the hazels (with the hornbeams and allied genera) into a separate family Corylaceae or ash Fraxinus , common name Ash, is a genus of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous though a few subtropical species are evergreen. Genus Fraxinus are the true ashes, and are in Oleaceae, the olive family, along with olives and lilacs. The leaves are opposite (rarely in whorls of three), and mostly pinnately-compound, simple in a few species.
Places such as Wythenshawe and Withy Grove in Manchester Manchester (pronounced /ˈmæntʃɛstər/ ) is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2007, the population of the city was estimated to be 458,100. Manchester lies within one of the United Kingdom's largest metropolitan areas; the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester had an estimated population of 2,562,200, the take their names from the willow woods and groves that grew there in earlier times. The Somerset Levels The Somerset Levels is a sparsely populated coastal plain and wetland area of central Somerset, England, between the Quantock and Mendip hills is now the only area in the UK where basket willow is grown commercially.
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References and external links
- ^ Meikle, R. D. (1984). Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland. BSBI Handbook No. 4. ISBN 0-901158-07-0.
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Bath Chronicle, UK
Bath Combination, who are also hoping to field an under-17s team next season, would like to thank all the local junior clubs for their support, as well as team coaches Simon Chambers, Matt Andrews, Kevin Woodland, Chris Hobbs and Steve Withy . ...
