Size: shrub, 6-8' average height at maturity, 6-12' spread
Buds: small (.0625"), imbricate, globose, brownish
Leaves: deciduous, alternate, 1.5-3" long, .5-1" wide, simple, broad elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, margins serrate or doubly serrate, tips acute or acuminate, color varies according to cultivar, often dark green, no fall color
Twigs: slender, glabrous, small leaf scars, stipules very small dark black points on twig surface at each side of leaf scar
Flowers: dioecious, white, males in clusters of 6 or more in leaf axils, females in smaller clusters
Fruit: bright red, .25-.5", often in pairs
Bark: dark gray, brown, black on old stems
