Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed understory tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: White elongated cluster
• Leaves: palmetely lobed, 3-5 lobes, toothed edges, heart shaped base, 5 ½ inches long
• Bark: mottled grey
• Fruit/Seed: pair of winged seeds, 1 inch long, wings at a 90 degree angle
• Height: 10-25 feet
• Flowering: June - July
• Habitat: forests, thickets, conifer swamps

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Eric Knopf, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric Knopf
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
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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