Description ²

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: Maroon bead-like rounded cluster
• Leaves: pinnately compound, 9-16 inches long, 7-13 pointed oval leaflets, leaflets 3-5½ inches long and 1-2¼ inches wide, stalkless
• Bark: grey, mature bark has thin flat scale-like texture
• Fruit/Seed: single winged seed, 1-1¾ inches long and ¼-½ inch wide
• Height: 40-100 feet
• Flowering: May
• Habitat: floodplains, swamps, forest

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Owen Clarkin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Owen Clarkin
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• Ontario Trees
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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