Flower Notes:
Yellow (Greenish-yellow flowers in early spring )
Foliage Notes:
Green (Emerald green leaves during summer months)
Fruit Notes:
Brown (Samaras are green then brown in maturity)
Soil Notes:
Prefers well-drained, moist, slightly acidic soils; adapts to many types of soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are a dark, lustrous green, opposite, simple, 3-6" in length and width, slightly coarse toothed, with 3 to 5 lobes that come to a fine point. Samaras are 1-1.75" in length and create a horse-shoe shape.