Plant Habit: | Tree |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic |
Plant Height: | 25 to 100 feet |
Plant Spread: | 25 to 60 feet |
Leaves: | Deciduous |
Fruit: | Other: 1/2 inch woody, cone-like; green maturing to reddish brown, Each cone contains numerous winged seeds. |
Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall Other: Persisting through winter. |
Flower Color: | Green Other: 2 to 3 inch long catkins bearing 1/4 inch green to reddish-green flowers. |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Spring |
Underground structures: | Taproot |
Uses: | Shade Tree |
Dynamic Accumulator: | Nitrogen fixer |
Miscellaneous: | Monoecious |