The '''Whomping Willow''' is a very valuable, very violent sentient species of [[magic]]al plant.<ref name="COS5">{{COS|B|5}}</ref>
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==Description==
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The '''Whomping Willow'''is a very valuable, very violent species of magical plant. Whomping Willows attack anyone and anything that comes within range of its branches. A deciduous plant, its limbs function as arms and any damage to them must be treated in much the same way.
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Whomping Willows will attack anyone and anything that comes within range of its branches. A deciduous plant, its limbs function as arms and any damage to them must be treated in much the same way.<ref name="COS5">{{COS|B|5}}</ref>
==Known Whomping Willows==
==Known Whomping Willows==
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{{Main|Hogwarts Whomping Willow}}
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{{Main|Hogwarts Whomping Willow}}[[File:Tumblr_mm80qqESfG1rmesz7o1_250.gif|right|frame|The [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] Whomping Willow]]
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The most famous Whomping Willow is the [[Hogwarts Whomping Willow|one planted on the grounds of Hogwarts]]. The Whomping Willow was planted around the year [[1971]] to disguise the opening of a secret passage leading from the Hogwarts grounds to the [[Shrieking Shack]] in the village of [[Hogsmeade]]. This allowed [[Remus Lupin]] to travel unnoticed to and from the Shrieking Shack, where he was able to undergo his transformation as a [[Lycanthropy|werewolf]] in privacy.
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The most famous Whomping Willow is the [[Hogwarts Whomping Willow|one]] planted on the grounds of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].<ref name="COS5">{{COS|B|5}}</ref> The Whomping Willow was planted around the year [[1971]] to disguise the opening of a secret passage leading from the Hogwarts grounds to the [[Shrieking Shack]] in the village of [[Hogsmeade]].<ref name="POA10">{{POA|B|10}}</ref>
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It had a small knot near the base. Pressing the knot caused the tree to become immobilised. This allowed [[Remus Lupin]] to travel unnoticed to and from the Shrieking Shack, where he was able to undergo his transformation into a [[Lycanthropy|werewolf]] in privacy.<ref name="POA18">{{POA|B|18}}</ref>
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In [[1992]], [[Harry Potter]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] accidentally crashed the Weasleys' [[Flying Ford Anglia]] into the tree, seriously damaging it.
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This same tree also nearly took the eye of student [[Davey Gudgeon]].<ref name="POA10"/>
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In [[1993]], [[Harry Potter's Nimbus 2000 broomstick]] was destroyed when it fell from the air into the Whomping Willow's branches.
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In [[1994]], [[Sirius Black]], in his animagus form of a large black dog, dragged Ron Weasley into the secret passage beneath the Willow leading to Hogsmeade's Shrieking Shack. They were quickly followed by Harry and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]], then later by Lupin and [[Severus Snape|Snape]].
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In [[1998]], Harry, Ron, and Hermione sneaked through the passage under the Willow to the Shrieking Shack during the Battle of Hogwarts. There, they witnessed Snape's murder by Lord Voldemort and his serpent, Nagini.
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
{{Imagecat|Images of the Whomping Willow}}
{{Imagecat|Images of the Whomping Willow}}
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[[File:WhompingWillowWU.png|thumb|A Whomping Willow as seen on {{WU}}]]
Whomping Willows will attack anyone and anything that comes within range of its branches. A deciduous plant, its limbs function as arms and any damage to them must be treated in much the same way.[1]
It had a small knot near the base. Pressing the knot caused the tree to become immobilised. This allowed Remus Lupin to travel unnoticed to and from the Shrieking Shack, where he was able to undergo his transformation into a werewolf in privacy.[4]
This same tree also nearly took the eye of student Davey Gudgeon.[3]
Appearances
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