Flowers:
Yellow (Monoecious catkins; not ornamentally important)
Foliage:
Green (Lustrous dark green summer foliage that is silvery, whitish-green below); Multi-Colored (Attractive yellow to red-purple in the fall)
Fruit:
Brown (Acorns appearing in the fall; attract wildlife)
Soil:
Requires acidic soil, but is otherwise adaptable
Range:
Northeastern North America
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are 3-7" long, 1.25-4" wide, simple, alternate, and obovate, with 6-10 pairs of coarse teeth or sometimes lobes. Buds are 0.125-0.25", brown, ovate, and imbricate. Acorns are 0.5-1" long, usually produced in pairs with an involucre covering a third of the way down.
