Willows

Willows like moist fertile soils of bottomlands and riverbanks. The black willow is native and the weeping willow is cultivated (planted). The principal wildlife users of willows are northern species, where browsing and bud-eating species are more common.

 

Herbivores
Japanese beetles (leaves)
Beaver (bark, leaves)
White-tailed deer (twigs, leaves)
Crown gall (burl caused by bacteria feeding on root system)

Omnivores 
Humans (white-tailed deer)

 

 

 


willow (producer) => white-tail deer (herbivore) => turkey vulture (carnivore)

 

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