My pond has some of its bank covered in small trees, mainly elms, toothache trees, and willows, which have all survived up to this point. Most are right at the water level and experience flucuating water levels that will reach up to a foot above their base for short periods during the year. Willow oaks are tough trees, they are very drought resistant, but that is the opposite of what we are trying to find out. Don't know what will happen, if it does make it growth may be stunted, and it may hang in there for a few years, slowly dying.
