Flower Notes:
Green (Perfect; greenish-white; not ornamentally important)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Glossy deep green summer foliage); Yellow (Generally poor yellow to greenish-yellow fall foliage)
Fruit Notes:
Red;black (Immature drupes are red; mature drupes are purplish-black)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to different soils
Range:
Europe to western Asia, and northern Africa; this invasive plant has naturalized in the eastern half of the United States
Diagnostic Characteristics:
The lustrous leaves (1-3 long by 0.5-1.5" wide) are alternate, simple, obovate, and entire with 8-9 distinctly impressed veins. The pubescent terminal buds are significantly larger than the lateral buds. Stems have prominent vertical lenticels.
