Flowers:
White (Small yellowish-white flowers on 2-4" long terminal panicles, on new growth in spring)
Foliage:
Green (Glossy green foliage in summer); Yellow (Fall foliage)
Fruit:
Orange (Orange to orange-red seeds inside yellow to yellow-orange 3-lobed capsules that persist through the winter)
Soil:
Tolerant of soil conditions (except wet)
Range:
United States, east of the Rocky Mountains
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Alternate leaves are ovate-oblong, 2-3" long and 1-2" wide, glossy, pointed, finely serrate, usually long acuminate. Fruits are usually terminal, whereas Celastrus orbiculatus fruits are generally axillary.
