OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salix nigra   FAMILY Salicaceae   Go to FSUS key



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


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image of Salix nigra, Black Willow

Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p19a

        

image of Salix nigra, Black Willow

JK Marlow    jkm191222_2365_s_nigra

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Salix nigra, Black Willow

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_223

        

image of Salix nigra, Black Willow

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_173

        

image of Salix nigra, Black Willow

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_174a

        

image of Salix nigra, Black Willow

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sani_001_lvd

        

image of Salix nigra, Black Willow

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_sani_004_lvd

        

image of Salix nigra, Black Willow

JK Marlow    jkm0204g_09

April    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Flowers appear with the leaves, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Salix nigra, Black Willow

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).

image of Salix nigra, Black Willow

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).

image of Salix nigra, Black Willow

JK Marlow    jkm0304b_17

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Salix nigra, Black Willow

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).

image of Salix nigra, Black Willow

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_082521blairsville18

August    Union County    GA

Meeks Park Disc Golf Course

image of Salix nigra, Black Willow

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

 

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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

 

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