Flower Notes:
White (Spring; dioecious; small and not ornamentally important)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark green summer foliage, although the intensity of green can vary by cultivar); Yellow (Yellow-brown to occasionally showy yellow to purple-tinged)
Stem Notes:
slender, angled, olive brown or purplish brown, glabrous or finely pubescent
Fruit Notes:
Red (Very showy, bright red berries emerge in late summer and persist into winter)
Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, acid soils; tolerates heavy, poorly drained soils
Range:
Eastern and Central North America
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves (1.5-3" long and 0.5-1" wide) are alternate, simple, and finely pubescent beneath (at least on veins) and have finely serrated margins. Buds very small (0.06" long). Stems angled, olive-brown to purplish-brown, finely pubescent and lenticelled, peeling when older. Raised leaf scar with two blackish projections on side.
