Flowers:
Green (Not ornamentally important)
Foliage:
Green (Dark green summer foliage); Yellow (Fall foliage)
Fruit:
Brown (Drupe; not ornamentally important)
Soil:
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.
