柽柳是一种朴素、扎实和诗意得无与伦比的植物,由于其特殊的颜色和品性,新疆人习惯上称柽柳为红柳,当然也有叫它三春柳、西河柳和观音柳的。维吾尔人直接称它玉勒衮。据说其祖籍远在非洲。是1200万年前(上新世)随着海退和气候旱化后,经地中海、中亚细亚来到新疆的。全世界有一百多种柽柳,中国约占20种,其中16种在 Tamarisk is a simple, solid and poetic incomparable plant, because of its special color and character, Xinjiang people are often referred to as Tamarisk willow, of course, call it San Chun Liu, Xi Liu Liu and Guanyin Liu. Uyghur people directly call it Yu Le 衮. It is said that its ancestral home far in Africa. It was 12 million years ago (Pliocene) came to Xinjiang via the Mediterranean Sea and Central Asia after the recession and the climate became dry. There are over 100 species of willow in the world, with about 20 species in China, of which 16 species are present