Location

Widespread in Middle-earth and beyond; specifically recorded in Nan-tathren (the 'Land of Willows'), along many rivers and streams, and in the Old Forest; silver willows grew beyond the Sea in the garden of Lórien in Valinor

Species

Many varieties within the genus Salix

Meaning

Probably from an ancient root *wel- meaning 'turn', in reference to the inward-curving branches of many types

Other names

Commonly known in Old English as 'withy' (hence the river name Withywindle); The Elvish root referring to willows was tathar-, from which Nan-tathren and related names for the 'Land of Willows' derive

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Updated 26 September 2017
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Willows

Weeping trees of the waterside

Waterside trees that grew throughout Middle-earth. The most famous of these was the ancient tree known as Old Man Willow, on the banks of the Withywindle in the Old Forest.

Willows

Weeping trees of the waterside

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