Salix nigra
Black Willow
Pronunciation
SAY-lix NI-grah
Family
Genus
Nativity
New Brunswick to Minnesota south to Florida
Growth Habit
Graceful species, with slender spreading branches.
Hardiness
4
Culture
Usually found along stream banks and in saturated soils in full sun.
Facultative Status
Facultative Wetland
Landscape Use
Grows well in wet areas and saturated soils.
Foliage
Alternate, simple, much like Salix abla but stems are somewhat more erect; more of a golden orange color.
Buds
Buds are pointed, small, reddish-brown, pressed to stem.
Bark
Dark brown or blackish in color and furrowed in older specimens.
Flower
Dioecious, male and female catkins in spring; yellow-green, insignificant.
Fruit
Capsules that open to hairy tufts.
Pests
Leaf miner, leaf blight.