Grows in average, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Tolerates some drought. Generally intolerant of air pollution and urban conditions. Found in dry upland areas as well as moist, low woods. Also in rich woods, slopes, bluff bases and along streams. Zone 2-8.
Native to Central and Eastern North America
50-80’
Leaves: Simple, alternate. Large ovate, dark green, to 6” long. Acuminate tips, serrate margins and uneven cordate bases.
Flowers: Fragrant, pale yellow. Bees often visit in such abundant numbers that humming can be heard many feet from the tree. Honey made from these flowers is a prized gourmet food item. Flowers can also be used to make tea.
Fruit: small nutlets with attached leafy wings
Good shade tree.
Eco-indicator of rich, moist sites. (Wessels)
(Information from the Missouri Botanical Garden Website unless otherwise specified)
Grows in moist, organically rich, well-drained soils in full sun. Intolerant of shade. Typically found in woods, valleys along streams and in open upland woods. Drought tolerant.
Zone 4-9.
Native to the Eastern United States
Oval to rounded crown
75-100’
Leaves: Odd-pinnate ,compound leaves up to 24” long. 13-23 oblong to lanceolate leaflets.
Flowers: Male flowers in drooping hairy catkins and female flowers in short terminal spikes.
Fruit: Female flowers give way to nuts, each being encased in a yellow-green husk. Edible.
Bark: Fissured, sharply ridged, dark gray-black. Forms diamond patterns.
Good shade tree.
(Information from the Missouri Botanical Garden website.)
Grows in average, medium, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Best flowering in full sun. Prefers moist, acidic, organically rich soils. Tolerates heavy clay soils. Native to woodlands, forest margins and stream banks. Zone 3-8.
Native to eastern North America
Crown:
15-20’.
Leaves: simple, alternate.Oval to obovate, medium to dark green. Dentate to wavy margins.
Flowers: Stem-hugging clusters. Fragrant. Bright yellow. Each with four crinkly, ribbon-shaped petals, appear along the branches from October to December, usually after leaf drop.
Fruit: Fertilized flowers will form fruit extending through winter and into the following growing season. Greenish seed capsules that become woody with age. Mature to light brown. Each seed capsule splits open in fall of the following year, exploding the 1-2 black seeds within for up to 30 feet.
Promptly remove suckers to prevent colonial spread
Eco-indicator of warm sites. (wessels)
(Information from the Missouri Botanical Garden website unless otherwise specified.)
Grows in rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Best performance occurs in moist soils. Generally intolerant of shade. Primarily native to hillsides and ridges. Zone 4-9.
Native to the Eastern United States
50-80’.
Leaves: Compound, odd-pinnate, dark yellowish-green. Toothed, ovate-lanceolate leaflets to 3-6” long.
Flowers: Yellowish-green. Male flowers in drooping catkins and female flowers on short spikes.
Fruit: rounded nuts produced after the tree is 25 years old.
Bark: Thick, deep ridges, grey.
Difficult to transplant because of the deep taproot.
(Information from the Missouri Botanical Garden website.)
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