论柳树家族及其在园林绿化上的应用

柳树资源丰富,适应性广,观赏价值较高,耐水湿,在中国城乡绿化中具有悠久的利用历史。它不仅在农业、园林等方面有着广泛的应用,而且在中国古代还形成了独特的“柳文化”。笔者依据相关文献,概述了具有较高应用价值的柳树家族种类的生物学特性、生态习性及主要观赏特性,总结了柳树的文化内涵,阐述了柳树的综合价值以及园林绿化应用形式,指出了柳树树种资源在园林应用方面存在的问题,并提出了对策。

Willow Family and Its Application in Landscaping

Willow Family has some particular characters such as high adaptability to environment, a high ornamental value, tolerance to water stress etc., and a long use history. This kind of tree not only had been widely applied in agriculture, forestry and horticulture, but also had formed ''Willow culture'' with its features in ancient China. A brief commentary on the main biological, ecological and ornamental characters of several willow species developed initially in recent years is given in this paper, the cultural connotations, synthetical value and landscaping application of willow is summarized. In addition, the existing problems and countermeasures are put forward in landscaping application.