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The black willow is the only United States native willow species to be used as timber for a variety of different items. Black willow lumber is used in furniture and shipping containers. The largest production site for black willow timber was in Louisiana at its peak during the 1970s. [21] The wood of Salix nigra is very lightweight.
Salix nigra (black willow) [194] The largest and the only regularly harvested native willow in the US. Also planted as an ornamental and to protect soil from eroding. The shallow roots require water access. Uses: landscaping, pulpwood. [195] All
Salix gooddingii is a species of willow known by the common name Goodding's willow, or Goodding's black willow. It was named for its collector, Leslie Newton Goodding. [2] Salix gooddingii is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in moist and wet habitat in many types of habitat from mountains to desert.
Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra) Common walnut (Juglans regia) Wenge (Millettia laurentii) Panga-panga (Millettia stuhlmannii) Willow (Salix) Black willow (Salix nigra) Cricket-bat willow (Salix alba 'Caerulea') White willow (Salix alba) Weeping willow (Salix babylonica) Zingana, African zebrawood (Microberlinia brazzavillensis)
Black Willow Salix nigra: Green 360 14.1 33 Black Willow Salix nigra: 12.00% 390 28.3 54 Yellow Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera: Green 400 18.3 41 Yellow Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera: 12.00% 420 38.2 70 Baldcypress Taxodium distichum: Green 420 24.7 46 Baldcypress Taxodium distichum: 12.00% 460 43.9 73 Atlantic White Cedar Chamaecyparis ...
Timber production is the dominant land use, along with livestock grazing, ... River banks may contain black willow, sycamore, and eastern cottonwood. Wetness and ...
Willow timber has several properties that are important throughout the process of creating and sinking a fascine mattress, being flexible, robust, and buoyant. The manufacturing process of a traditional fascine mattress begins by winding rope around the willow in both directions using a machine, resulting in a lengthy roll known as a wattle. [1 ...
Its dark-grey to black bark is rough and deeply fissured, while the narrow drooping leaves are reminiscent of a willow (saligna meaning Salix-like). The timber was much-prized by the Voortrekkers for furniture and they named it Transvaal Boekenhout for the timber's resemblance to that of the European Beech.