Salix nigra (Black Willow)

Found in stream banks, ditches, tanks, low ground, and other areas of wet soil and can tolerate very wet sites. It is fast growing, but may live for only 40 or 50 years. Its wood is brittle and the tree may require regular pruning

Landscape size: up to 60 feet

Bloom Color: Yellow

Bloom Time: Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun

Growing Conditions

• Light Requirement: Part shade to shade

• Attracts: Birds, Butterflies, Early season harvest for songbirds, waterfowl and small mammals

• Larval Host: Mourning Cloak, Viceroy, Red-spotted Purple, Viceroy and Tiger Swallowtail

• Special Value to Native Bees, Bumble Bees, Honey Bees
• A plant that attracts predatory or parasitoid insects that prey upon pest insects.