Black willow
NativeSalix nigra
Willow (Salicaceae) · Cottonwood and willow · 30–60 ft
Knowing it
The native streambank willow, often with several leaning trunks and dark rough bark. Statewide along water.
What a tree company sees
Weak, rot-prone and leaning; drops limbs constantly. Fine along a creek, a problem over a roof.
Recorded in 85 counties
- Adair County
- Andrew County
- Atchison County
- Audrain County
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Bates County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Butler County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Cass County
- Cedar County
- Chariton County
- Christian County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Cole County
- Cooper County
- Crawford County
- Dade County
- Daviess County
- Dent County
- Dunklin County
- Franklin County
- Gasconade County
- Greene County
- Henry County
- Hickory County
- Howard County
- Howell County
- Iron County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Knox County
- Lafayette County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Linn County
- Livingston County
- Macon County
- Marion County
- McDonald County
- Miller County
- Moniteau County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- New Madrid County
- Oregon County
- Pemiscot County
- Perry County
- Phelps County
- Pike County
- Platte County
- Polk County
- Pulaski County
- Ralls County
- Reynolds County
- Ripley County
- Saline County
- Schuyler County
- Scotland County
- Scott County
- Shannon County
- St. Charles County
- St. Clair County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stoddard County
- Stone County
- Sullivan County
- Taney County
- Texas County
- Vernon County
- Warren County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wright County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.