Male catkins are 1-2.5" long, female catkins are slightly shorter.
Fall Color:
Orange; red; yellow
Foliage Characteristics:
Simple, alternate, oblong green leaves with double serrated margins. 1-4" long.
Fruit Characteristics:
Nutlets surrounded by 3-winged leaf-like bract. Many nutlets hang together in a pendulous chain, and change from green to brown in September-October. Each is .5-1" long.
Structure:
Oval
Range:
E Canada to SE USA
Habitat:
Understory of bottomland mixed-hardwood forests, 0-2200 meters