Flowers:
Green (Male and female flowers non-showy)
Foliage:
Purple (Dark purple then maturing to purple-green summer foliage); Yellow (Golden fall foliage)
Soil:
Prefers well-drained, acidic, moist, loamy soils; tolerant of many differnt soil types and soil pH's
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to elliptic, entire edging, and purple in color at 2 to 4" in length and 1 1/2 to 2 1/2" in width. Young bark is smooth and mature bark more textured. Fruits are triangular nuts maturing in late summer.
