WAIFHabit: To 35 m; bark split into ridges that mostly curve together at their ends.
Stem: corky outgrowths on branches 0; winter buds red-brown, conical or narrowly ovoid, +- pubescent.
Leaf: 8.6--12.5 cm, 4.2--7 cm wide, elliptical or occasionally oblong, acuminate, generally slenderly so, margins strongly double-serrate, abaxial surface sparsely long-hairy on blade and veins, hairs tufted in vein axils.
Inflorescence: flower, fruit before leaves in spring; pedicel 7--17 mm, slender.
Fruit: 0.9--1.3 cm, 0.6--0.8 cm wide, elliptical or oblong, tan, margins densely ciliate, surfaces glabrous.
Ecology: Seeding along disturbed streambanks, or spreading by root suckers near old plantings;
Elevation: 60--700 m.
Bioregional Distribution: ScV, SCo;
Distribution Outside California: native to eastern United States.
Flowering Time: Feb--Mar
Jepson eFlora Author: Alan T. Whittemore
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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