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Distribution:  Central China. Introduced in 1901.

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Hardiness Zone:  USDA Zones 5 to 7 or 8       (view USDA zone map)

Size:   20-30 ft. tall, with a spread of 15-25 ft.

Form:   Deciduous tree. Upright, open, finely branched, with a rounded head.

Bark:   Bark is exfoliating, a beautiful cinnamon to red-brown in color, outstanding.

Stem/Bud:   Stems are slender, pubescent at first, developing the thin, papery, cinnamon-brown exfoliation on 2-3 year old stems. Buds pointed and imbricate, with 11-15 bud scales.

Leaves:   Leaves are opposite, trifoliolate, 3-6 inches long, with the middle leaflet short stalked, coarsely toothed, with a pubescent petiole.

Fall Color:   Fall color is russet, bronze, to red.

Flower:   Flowers are greenish, borne in a cyme, few in number, not important.

Fruit:   Fruit is a samara, not ornamentally important, rarely viable.

Uses:   Patio tree, specimen.

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