Flower Notes:
Brown (Male and female catkins in late spring)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark yellow-green in the summer); Yellow (Attractive yellow fall color)
Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, well-drained soils
Range:
Central and western China
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are 2-3" long by 1-1.5" wide, alternate, simple, ovate, and acuminate with double serrations. Glands are present on the underside. The strongly exfoliating orange, copper, pink, red, and brown bark is a key ID feature, peeling in thin layers, covered in a white bloom. Stems, branches, and trunk with numerous horizontal lenticels.
