Black Willow (Salix nigra)

Family: Salicaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Form: Oval.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Shoots, Bark/Inner Bark

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavour, it is a famine food that is only used when all else fails. — Inner bark - raw or cooked.; It can be dried, ground into a powder and then added to cereal flour for use in making bread etc.; A very bitter flavour, it is a famine food that is only used when all else fails.; Young shoots - raw or cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Found in a wide variety of soils, so long as they are wet, by streamsides, shores and rich low woods. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)