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Distribution:  New Brunswick, south to Virginia and Texas.

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Hardiness Zone:  USDA Zones 3b to 8 or 9       (view USDA zone map)

Size:   60-89 ft. tall, with a spread of 30-60 ft.

Form:   Deciduous tree. Upright, irregularly pyramidal when young, forming a somewhat rounded crown with maturity.

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Stem/Bud:   Buds are large, reddish-brown, somewhat flattened, tear-drop shaped.

Leaves:   Leaves are alternate, simple, broad ovate, 4-8 inches long, with a cordate or truncate base, coarsely serrate margin.

Fall Color:   Fall color is yellow to brown, not especially showy.

Flower:   Flowers are pale yellow, l/2 inch long, fragrant, borne in a drooping, 6-l5 flowered cyme in mid to late June, subtended by a large bract.

Fruit:   Fruit is grayish, nutlike, l/3 - l/2 inch long, tomentose.

Uses:   Naturalizing. Salt tolerant.

Problems:      Sucker shoots can be a problem.

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Notes 2:   Shade tree. Avenue tree. Native to Michigan.

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Cultivars:   

                 'Fastigiata'

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