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Photograph(s) by*: PLANTS 1997
Characteristics
Height: 6-12'
Spread: 6-12'
Flowers: Apr.-May; greenish yellow
Fruit: May-Jun.; brown; capsule
Fall color: dull yellow
Conditions *
Light:
Moisture: Dry Moist Wet
Soil pH: 6.1-7.5
Soil type: Clay Loamy Sandy Organic
Habitat
dry thickets, openings & plains; boggy swales; rocky mountain ridges, barrens; meadows; roadsides
Native to
Region: Coastal Piedmont
Mountain *
States:
Wildlife
*
high wildlife value
Notes
typically spreads up to twice it's height; flowers are catkins
Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/410.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004