Habitat: fresh tidal marshes, fresh tidal swamps, forested wetlands, floodplains, wet meadows; regularly to permanently flooded
Wildlife value: This is a larval host plant for several butterflies, including Eastern tiger swallowtail, Mourning cloak, Red-spotted purple, and Eastern comma. Its buds and catkins are eaten by birds. It provides excellent leaf season cover for birds in wetland sites. Salix genus supports many species of specialized bees. Preferred food of ruffed grouse and pine grosbeak
Notes: Shrub-like. Good streambank stabilizer. Tolerates flooding; tolerates salinity to 0.5 ppt. Not suitable near houses - susceptible to breakage, and roots seek out pipes with water. Can be an aggressive spreader. This tree is included in the Homegrown National Park: Keystone Trees and Shrubs.
Earth Sangha Inventory
Founded in 1997, the Earth Sangha is a nonprofit public charity based in the Washington, DC, region. The Wild Plant Nursery is the most comprehensive source of local-ecotype, native plants in the Washington DC region, and the region’s only facility dedicated exclusively to this type of propagation. “Local-ecotype” plants are propagated from local, wild, naturally-occurring populations and are well-adapted to local conditions and for wildlife species that depend on the local forms, such as pollinators. Inventory is updated on a weekly basis so number may not be accurate.
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