Some Common Plants of Upper Newport Bay
Black Willow (Salix gooddingii)
Plant:  This tree or shrub that may have distinct trunk and can grow to be 45 feet.  It has gray bark and yellowish, slender branches that may be fuzzy.  The bark is rougher and darker, and its leaves are longer,  narrower than the Arroyo willow. 
Plant: Bayview Nature Trail - 25-Mar-03
Date: 11/1/2003