Flowers:
Brown (Catkins; not ornamentally important)
Foliage:
Green (Dark glossy green foliage in spring/summer; leafs out early); Yellow (Nice yellow fall foliage)
Fruit:
Brown (Not ornamentally important)
Soil:
Does well on the poorest of sterile soils, although develops chlorosis in high pH soils; grows on sandy, rocky and even gravelly sites; tolerates both wet and dry conditions
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Alternate, simple, triangular leaves (2–3.5") with a wide base and long tapering tip. Doubly serrate. Bark is a dull chalky white with distinct dark triangular patches below insertion of branches. Single male catkins on branch tip.
