| Plant Habit: | Shrub Tree |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4) Strongly alkaline (8.5 – 9.0) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9a |
| Plant Height: | 18 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 12 feet |
| Leaves: | Good fall color Deciduous Other: light-green to grayish-green oblong simple leaves have an opposite arrangement; brilliant yellow fall foliage and whitish bark |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds Other: dense clusters of small (~1/4 inch) one-seeded, blue-black drupes on female plants in late summer; dioecious; no fruit on male plants. |
| Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall Fall |
| Flowers: | Inconspicuous Other: inconspicuous yellow-white flowers with showy yellow bracts bloom in spring |
| Flower Color: | Yellow |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
| Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Birds |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Drought tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Other info: seeds are narrow elliptic; approximately 32000 seeds per pound; male and female plants required for seed set |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Tip |
| Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil Dioecious |
| Conservation status: | Least Concern (LC) |
