| Plant Habit: | Tree |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Plant Height: | 15 to 25 feet, possibly to 32 feet in prime conditions. |
| Plant Spread: | 12 to 15 feet |
| Leaves: | Evergreen |
| Fruit: | Showy Other: Ovoid, 1 inch long fleshy single seeded green drupes, ripening to purplish-black. |
| Fruiting Time: | Late winter or early spring Spring Late spring or early summer Summer Fall Late fall or early winter Winter |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant Blooms on old wood |
| Flower Color: | White Other: White to cream, often tinged pink. |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Late summer or early fall Fall Late fall or early winter |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge Useful for timber production |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds |
| Resistances: | Drought tolerant |
