Salix nigra

• BOTANICAL NAME: Salix nigra
• COMMON NAME: Black Willow
• FAMILY: Salicaceae
• NATIVITY: New Brunswick to Minnesota south to Florida
• GROWTH HABIT: 60-80’
• HARDINESS:  USDA Zone
• OPTIMUM GROWING CONDITIONS:  Usually found along stream banks and in saturated soils in full su.
• SUCCESSIONAL STATUS:  Seral
• FACULTATIVE STATUS: Facultative Wetland
• LANDSCAPE VALUE:  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:  Pointed, small, reddish-brown, pressed to stem.
• BARK:  Dark brown or blackish in color and furrowed in older specimens.
• FRUIT:  Capsules that open to hairy tufts.
• PESTS:  Leaf miner, leaf blight