The specimen in the Salicaceae Collection at Morton Arboretum in northeast Illinois looks good. I like the interesting texture of the fol...Read Moreiage. I've never seen this tree species before. It is mostly a western tree found in southern Saskatchewan, Alberta, & Manitoba and ranges in all of MT, ND, SD, NE, WY, IA, and parts of ID, CO, KS, NM, MN, WI, IL, IN, OH, MO, north TX and OK panhandle, with spots along NY & Ontario, and two spots in KY. It grows about 3 to 5 feet/year and lives up to 75 years. It is brittle-wooded like other willows. I would use it as an interesting native tree in a naturalistic landscape or land preserve, not too close to a building. We should be planting more native species, especially less known ones.
Found in wet soil in valleys and bordering stream banks, often with cottonwoo...Read Moreds. It's range is from SE British Columbia east to extreme southern Quebec and New York. South to NW PA and west to TX and NM.
This is the common willow across the northern plains, and is essential in preventing erosion along riverbanks.
Salix is the old Latin name for the willows; amygdaloides refers to the leaves, which resemble those of a peach tree (from amygdalus, an ...Read Moreold name for the peach).
The specimen in the Salicaceae Collection at Morton Arboretum in northeast Illinois looks good. I like the interesting texture of the fol...Read More
I do not grow this plant...information only.
Found in wet soil in valleys and bordering stream banks, often with cottonwoo...Read More
Salix is the old Latin name for the willows; amygdaloides refers to the leaves, which resemble those of a peach tree (from amygdalus, an ...Read More