Salix nigra

black willow, swamp willow

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Photo credit: Christopher F. Miller, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, New Jersey.
Family

Salicaceae

Region

Coastal Plain, Mountain, Piedmont

States

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

Plant Type

Small/Medium Tree (Understory)

Height

35 - 50ft

Spread

20 - 35ft

Flower Color

Green, Yellow

Fruit

Cone/Cone-like; Green, Yellow

Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Soil Texture

Clay, Loamy, Sandy

Soil Moisture

Flooded, Moist, Wet

Blooms

March - April

Fall Color

yellow green

Habitat

fresh tidal marshes, fresh tidal swamps, forested wetlands, floodplains, wet meadows; regularly to permanently flooded

Notes

streambank stabilizer; spreads by suckers; preferred food of ruffed grouse and pine grosbeak; tolerates flooding; tolerates salinity to 0.5 ppt; Wood used for pulp, charcoal, veneer, and artificial limbs; EC has tida regime p.161

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Resources

The Native Plants Guide

Physiographic Regions of Chesapeake Watershed

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