Flower Notes:
Gold (Male catkins are interesting; spring)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Attractive lustrous dark green summer foliage); Yellow (Clear yellow to golden-brown fall foliage)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to different soils, but prefers well-drained, acid soil
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves (3.5-7.5" long by 1 to 2.25" wide) are simple, alternate, oblong, and have long bristle like teeth around margin. Emerging foliage is pubescent, but mature leaves are glabrous, except for axillary tufts underneath.
