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Common along streams, lakes, or wet areas, they exhibit an irregular crown of shiny, green foliage, greenish-yellow catkins and deeply fissured, rough-textured bark.
• | Full Sun |
• | Attracts Birds |
• | Fast |
• | Spring |
• | Green (dark) |
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As with most willow, the Native Americans used it for a variety of purposes. The wood is used for millwork, furniture, doors, cabinets and pulpwood.
Black willow grows best in a medium to wet soil, in full sun. It is the largest of North American willow.