Description

Salix discolor, Pussy willow 18″ Live Stakes 

Botanic Native Name (s): Salix discolor
Common Native Name(s): Pussy Willow
Mature height: 15-25′
Mature spread: 10-15′
Flower Color / Bloom Time: Yellow / March-April
Fruit: Cone / April-May
Fall Color: Yellow
Sun Exposure:

• Full Sun
• Part Sun

Moisture:

• Moist
• Wet
• Ph: 6-8

Type: Live Stake 

• Clay Soil – High clay content, fine texture
• Loamy Soil – Mostly silt, sand, some clay
• Organic Soil – High level of decayed leaves, bark
• Sandy Soil – Coarse texture

Native Habitat: Fresh tidal marshes and swamps, forested wetlands, floodplains, wet meadows, seasonally to regularly saturated or flooded

Notes:

• Streambank stabilizer, spreads by suckers, preferred food of ruffed grouse and pine grosbeak, tolerates flooding, tolerates salinity
• Erosion Control
• Flood Tolerant

High Wildlife Value:

• Songbirds
• Game Birds
• Small Mammals
• Waterfowl

OBL – Almost always occur in wetlands
Native to Coastal Regions
Native To Mountain Regions
Native to Piedmont Regions
Native Shrub