The leaves of this plant give its name away.
Some wetland plants grow completely underwater, others grow partly submerged, and some grow in places were the ground is often wet.
Black willows are part of a large family of trees and shrubs that usually grow along streams and in other moist places.
This wetland plant is very common to Wisconsin's marshes, ponds, ditches, rivers and lakes.
This beautiful wetland plant can be found throughout the Midwest and eastern United States.