Flower Notes:
Green (Tri-monoecious (male, female, and bisexual flowers); not ornamentally important)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark green summer foliage); Multi-Colored (Yellowish-orange to deep maroon-red, usually quite showy fall color)
Fruit Notes:
Brown (Drupes; not ornamentally important)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, including those with a high pH; prefers well-drained, moist, fertile soil
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves simple, alternate, ovate to oblong-ovate, 1.3-2" long (and longer), sharply serrate with acuminate teeth, dark green and somewhat rough above. Offset (oblique) at leaf base. Bark heavily lenticelled, reddish brown, and cherry-like when young, exfoliating to reveal orange and brown inner bark at maturity.
