A willow is any of the several hundred species of deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus Salix.

Willow or willows may also refer to:

Places Australia Willows, Queensland Willows Sports Complex, Townsville

Canada Willows, Saskatchewan, an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Lake of the Rivers No. 72 The Willows, Saskatoon, a neighbourhood in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan Willows Beach, Victoria, British Columbia

United Kingdom The Willows, Salford, home of Salford City Reds rugby league club Willow Tearooms, tearooms at 217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland Willows and Wetlands Visitor Centre, Stoke St Gregory, Somerset Ferry Hinksey Road (AKA Willow Walk), a footpath in Oxford

United States Willow, Alaska Willow, former name of Willows, California Willow, Florida, an unincorporated area in Manatee County, Florida Willow, Illinois Willow, Kentucky: Willow, Bracken County, Kentucky; see Kentucky Route 22 Willow, Lee County, Kentucky Willow, New York, a hamlet in Ulster County, New York Willow, Oklahoma Willow, Wisconsin, a town in Richland County, Wisconsin Willow Branch, Indiana Willow City, North Dakota Willow Glen, San Jose, California Willow Island, Nebraska Willow Street station, a station on the Blue line of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Willow Meadows, Houston, Texas Willow, Michigan, unincorporated community Willow Oak, Florida Willow Street, Pennsylvania Willows, California Willow, Wisconsin Willow Mountain, a summit in Texas Salem Willows, Salem, Massachusetts

People Willow (given name), a female name Willow, a persona of professional wrestler Jeff Hardy (born 1977) Willow Nightingale, AEW wrestler

Arts and media Books Old Man Willow, an evil character in the J. R. R. Tolkien novel The Fellowship of the Ring Wicked Willow, three original novels based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Willow (Dreadstar), a fictional telepath created by Jim Starlin for the comic series Dreadstar Willow & Tara, an anthology in the Buffy the Vampire franchise "The Willow Song", sung by Desdemona in Shakespeare's play Othello "The Willows" (story), a short story by Algernon Blackwood Willows, Wisconsin, a fictional populated place in Barbie novels

Film and television Willow (1988 film), a fantasy film, directed by Ron Howard, with a story by George Lucas Willow (2019 film), a Macedonian film, directed by Milcho Manchevski Willow (TV channel), an American sports channel focused on cricket Willow (TV series), an American sequel TV series to the 1988 movie of the same name Willow, a cat on the BBC television show Blue Peter

Fictional characters Catherine Willows, a character in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Grandmother Willow, a character in Disney's Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World Lindsey Willows, a secondary character in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Willow (comics), a mutant character created by Marvel Comics for their Marvel 2099 run X-Nation 2099 Willow (Lesbian Space Princess), a character in the animated film Lesbian Space Princess (2025) Willow Park, a character in The Owl House Willow Rosenberg, a character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Willow Stark, a character in Days of Our Lives Willow Ufgood, the title character from the 1988 film Willow A character from Tangled: The Series A playable character in the indie survival game Don't Starve and its sequel Don't Starve Together A character in the 1973 film The Wicker Man A character in the 2006 film The Wicker Man A bird in the video game Angry Birds Stella and The Angry Birds Movie A character in the Harry Potter-based fan fiction My Immortal Professor Willow, a major NPC in the AR mobile game Pokémon GO

Video gaming Willow (arcade game), a 1989 Capcom platform game based on the 1988 film of the same name Willow (NES video game), 1989, based on the 1988 film

Music

Albums Willow (Willow album), by Willow Smith, 2019 Willow (Reflections album), 2020

Songs "Willow" (song), 2020, by Taylor Swift from the album Evermore "Willow" (Joan Armatrading song), 1977 "Willow", a 2023 song by Kamelot from the album The Awakening "Willow", a 2023 song by Reneé Rapp from the album Snow Angel "Willow", a 2013 song by Said the Whale from the album Hawaiii "Willow", a 2013 song by Scale the Summit from the album The Migration "Willow", a song from the musical Venice which first opened in 2010 "Willow song", Desdemona's song in operatic settings of Shakespeare's play Othello, first written down in 1583 "Willow's Song", a 1973 song composed by American composer Paul Giovanni with lyrics by Robert Burns "Willows", a 2015 song by Vanessa Carlton from Liberman "Tit-willow", Koko's song in the 1885 Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera The Mikado, which first opened in 1885

Other uses in music Willow Smith, American singer and actress known mononymously as WILLOW The Willows (trio), Canadian musical group Willow flute, a Scandinavian folk flute

Other arts Willow pattern, also known as Blue Willow, a distinctive and elaborate pattern used on some pottery plates Willow Man, a large outdoor sculpture by Serena de la Hey

Science and technology Biology Pussy willow, a name for several species of willow, when bearing their furry catkins Seep willow, Baccharis salicifolia, a flowering shrub from the south-west US and northern Mexico Willo (Thescelosaurus), a dinosaur fossil thought to include a fossilized heart Willow-herb, any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Epilobium, many of which have willow-like leaves Willow oak (Quercus phellos), a species of oak with willow-like leaves

Technology Willey (textile machine), also willey, willow, twilley Willow processor, a quantum computer processor developed by Google Yokosuka K5Y, a Japanese World War II biplane trainer, (Allied reporting name Willow) Willows, an API for Unix systems to allow recompilation of Windows programs for Linux, featured by Caldera OpenLinux

Other uses Willow (cat), owned by U.S. President Joe Biden Willow (typeface), designed by Tony Forster in 1990 USCGC Willow, several U.S. Coast Guard cutters Willow project, an oil development project in Alaska Golden Willow (horse), the youngest horse to ever win the Badminton Horse Trials A cricket bat, made of willow tree wood

See also

The Willows (disambiguation) Willow Tree (disambiguation) Weeping Willow (disambiguation)

Willow Creek (disambiguation) Willow Grove (disambiguation) Willow Hill (disambiguation) Willow Island (disambiguation) Willow Lake (disambiguation) Willow Park (disambiguation) Willow River (disambiguation) Willow Run (disambiguation) Willow School (disambiguation) Willow Springs (disambiguation) Willow Township (disambiguation) Willow Valley (disambiguation) The Wind in the Willows (disambiguation)