Flower Notes:
Non-showy, monoecious greenish yellow flowers appear in April-May.
Foliage Notes:
Leaves turn yellow to golden brown in fall.
Fruit Notes:
Female flowers produce edible oval-rounded nuts. Each nut is encased in a moderately thick husk which splits open in four sections when ripe in fall.
Soil Notes:
Best grown in humusy, rich, moist, well-drained loams. Tolerates clay soil.
Indiana Native 
