Honey bees
Nectar value
High
Pollen value
High
Pollinator plant
Bay Willow, Laurel willow
Salix pentandra
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
Agroforestry database
Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Tree
- Size
- Medium
- Dimensions
- 10.00 m high × 10.00 m wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 2-5
- Moisture
- Moist, Wet
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Leaves, Inner bark
- Functions
- Basketry, Pioneer plant, Windbreak, Timber
- Edibility
- 1 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 3 out of 5
Inner bark can be eaten both raw and cooked. The bark can be dried, ground into powder, and added to grain flour, for example, to make bread. It has a very bitter taste when fresh and is used as food during famine. Leaves and young shoots can also be eaten raw or cooked, although they are not very tasty. These are used in times of food scarcity or famine, and the leaves can serve as a substitute for tea.