Flowers:
Yellow (Yellow-green in spring; monoecious; not ornamentally importantYellow-green in spring; not ornamentally important)
Foliage:
Green (Lustrous dark green star-shaped leaves in the summer); Multi-Colored (The stunning fall foliage ranges from scarlet to orange to yellow to bronze, sometimes all at once)
Fruit:
Brown (Interesting, round, multi-horned fruits beginning green, maturing brown; can cause litter problems)
Soil:
Widely adapted to different soils
Range:
Eastern United States and into Mexico
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves alternate, simple, 4-7.5" long and wide, star-shaped (5-7 pointed lobes), and finely serrate. Ovate buds (0.25-0.5" long) are reddish green-brown. Stems are rounded to somewhat angled, often developing corky wings. Sap has gum-like consistency.
