Shining Willow's native range goes from northern Delaware to northern Illinois and Iowa up into Canada through Manitoba, pouring a little into Alberta, and most of Ontario and Quebec, through Nova Scotia down though New England back to Delaware in various kinds of wet places. I have not seen it in the wild yet, so it is not a common plant in its southern range; probably way up north it is. It has fairly large, dark, shiny leaves that actually are edible for humans. Like other willows, it has a shallow, lateral root system and is easy to transplant. It is one of a number of willow shrubs that are similar.

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