Habitat

• native to Canada down through the eastern part of the United States
• hardy to zone 3

Habit and Form

• a deciduous tree
• oval crown, dense
• pendulous branches
• 60' to 90' tall
• 35' to 50' wide
• medium texture
• rapid growth rate

Summer Foliage

• alternate leaf arrangement
• simple, deciduous leaves
• serrulate margins
• ovate leaf shape
• 2" to 5" long
• dark green leaf color

Autumn Foliage

• yellow to ornage fall color

Flowers

• white flowers
• 0.33" acorss
• fragrant
• blooms in May
• borne in pendulous racemes, 4" to 6" long
• showy

Fruit

• rounded, purplish-red drupe
• 0.33" in diameter
• edible
• mature in August

Bark

• brown, slender stems
• gray-brown bark color
• scaly trunk

Culture

• prefers deep, moist, fertile soil
• full sun to part shade
• salt tolernat
• drought tolerant

Landscape Use

• along highways
• for weeping effect

Liabilities

• fall webworm
• foliage is poisonous
• tent caterpillars

ID Features

• deciduous tree
• alternate leaf arrangement
• serrulate leaf margins
• ovate leaf shape
• white flowers
• round, purplish-red fleshy fruit

Propagation

• by cuttings
• by seed

Cultivars/Varieties

'White Sparkle' - One of the few selected forms available of this native tree, this cultivar is a dense grower with a slight weeping habit. It flowers heavily and displays very good fall color.