Description
Type: Deciduous Shrub
Family: Salicaceae
Height: 10-20 feet
Spread: 10-20 feet
Native Range: North America
Ideal Site Requirements: Easily grown in moist soils
Soil: Moist to wet
Water: Medium to wet
Sunlight needs: full sun
Tolerates: water, stream banks
Landscape use: can colonize
Brief Description: Large, fast growing shrub that can spread by roots to form colonies
Wildlife Benefits: Flowers provide pollen, many larva use its leaves
Possible Problems: No serious issues.
Stand out Features: almost bamboo like look, very fast growing and easy to reproduce. Good for stream bank stabilization
