Foliage | Resembles shape of red oak, coarse texture, felted underside |
Leaf Type
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Simple |
Bark | Red brown bark with orange brown inner bark, older stems have heavy shaggy exfoliation |
Bud | oblong buds, divergent angles, brown |
Bud Arrangement
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Opposite |
Twig | multiple stems, upright sparingly branched irregular canes, older canes arched, dense, velvety, brown |
Flower | Erect broad cone-shaped spikes that are 4 to 12 inches tall, greenish then white turning purplish, flowers late june through late july and then persistes in a dry state into late winter. Male and female flowers on same plant (monoecious) |
Fruit | Tan brown urn shaped capsules, early october persisting in winter through late march |
Fall Color | Variable, orange, red to purple, or brown |