Bay Willow (Salix pentandra)

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

Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Rounded.

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 - cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Stream-sides, marshes, fens and wet woods, ascending to 450 metres. Native in N. Britain, planted elsewhere. (Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5)