Light brown to buff, paperlike. Exfoliating on young trees, scaly on older trees.
Bloom Characteristics:
Brown and green catkins, unisexual, on the same tree. Male catkins form on twig tips in the fall and mature the following April or May. Female catkins develop with the leaves and open in early spring.
Fall Color:
Yellow
Foliage Characteristics:
Simple, alternate, oval-rhombic, base cuneate, doubly serrate, glossy green above, gray or blue-gray and pubescent beneath, with 7-9 paired veins. 1-3" long.
Fruit Characteristics:
Winged, small, brown, and many. Mature in May to June.
Structure:
Young: pyramid Mature: rounded
Range:
Central to E USA
Habitat:
Low and medium elevations, most common along streams
Inflorescence is up to 20" (50.8 cm) long with 2-5 flowers. Flowers are almost 9" (22.9 cm) long, and slightly larger with bigger petals than the standard P. philippinense.