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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salix nigra
FAMILY
Salicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Black Willow at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix nigra
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salix nigra
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Salix nigra
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-007:
Salix nigra FAMILY Salicaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salix marginata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salix nigra
COMMON NAME:
Black Willow
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux dcp34_p19a
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2365_s_nigra
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969 mpa_page_223
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_173
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_174a
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sani_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_sani_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0204g_09
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Flowers appear with the leaves, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
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JK Marlow jkm0204g_13
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Catkins appear in early spring as leaves emerge, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm0204h_01a
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Trunk usually leaning and often more than one, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
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JK Marlow jkm0304b_17
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0304b_23
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Male & female flowers in catkins on separate plants, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_082521blairsville18
August Union County GA
Meeks Park Disc Golf Course
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JK Marlow s101017_blackwillow
October Mecklenburg County NC
Lf blades narrowly lance-shaped, ~ 7" long, 3/4" wide, tips long-acuminate, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salix nigra
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix nigra
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salix nigra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Salix nigra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-007:
Salix nigra
FAMILY
Salicaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salix marginata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salix nigra
1302
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: Riverbanks, sandbars, bottomland forests, floodplain pools, tidal swamps, impoundments, ditches, other moist areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Sepals absent
Petals absent
3-7 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers in catkins, inflorescence usually erect
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p174
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p390
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p231
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p050
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p311
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p321
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p262
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p36
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p311
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p316
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