Flower Notes:
Red (Light to deep red panicles mid-spring)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Deep green, coarse leaves in fall)
Stem Notes:
Brown-Copper (main stems and lateral stems are thick stem coming off the trunk), stem lenticels: conspicuous, glabrous
Fruit Notes:
Brown-copper (prickly seed pod containing 2 to 3 glossy brown 1 to 3 inch nuts in the fall; Poisonous)
Soil Notes:
Prefers well-drained and slightly acidic soil, though tolerant to urban soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are opposite, palmately compound, and dark green with a coarse texture. The 5 leaflets have a very short or nonexistent petiolule. Leaflets are 3-6" in length. Flower panicles are longer than the species type (6 to 10" in length) and have a deeper red color.
