Pacific willow - Salix lucida
Plant type: tree-like, deciduous shrub
Height: 12 - 50’
Growth rate: fast
Features: glossy, deep green leaves, cute yellow catkins in spring. Excellent for riparian/riverbank restoration
PPL: yes
Light - full sun to part sun
Soil - moist to seasonally wet
Ecological benefits: Top 30 plant for specialist native bees, top 30 caterpillar host plant. Host to caterpillars including Acadian hairstreak butterflies! (Caterpillars are a necessity for birds in brood rearing). Bee attractor when in flower
Plant type: tree-like, deciduous shrub
Height: 12 - 50’
Growth rate: fast
Features: glossy, deep green leaves, cute yellow catkins in spring. Excellent for riparian/riverbank restoration
PPL: yes
Light - full sun to part sun
Soil - moist to seasonally wet
Ecological benefits: Top 30 plant for specialist native bees, top 30 caterpillar host plant. Host to caterpillars including Acadian hairstreak butterflies! (Caterpillars are a necessity for birds in brood rearing). Bee attractor when in flower
Plant type: tree-like, deciduous shrub
Height: 12 - 50’
Growth rate: fast
Features: glossy, deep green leaves, cute yellow catkins in spring. Excellent for riparian/riverbank restoration
PPL: yes
Light - full sun to part sun
Soil - moist to seasonally wet
Ecological benefits: Top 30 plant for specialist native bees, top 30 caterpillar host plant. Host to caterpillars including Acadian hairstreak butterflies! (Caterpillars are a necessity for birds in brood rearing). Bee attractor when in flower
