Size: tree, 15-20' average height at maturity
Buds: brownish, scaled
Leaves: deciduous, opposite, 2-4" long, .5" wide, simple, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, cuneate, glabrous dark green above, gray-green below, yellowish fall color
Twigs: fine texture
Flowers: monoecious, creamy white, in 3-6" panicles (pyramidal clusters)
Fruit: capsules in clusters
Bark: ornamental, amber colored with shiny patches, exfoliates in horizontal curling sheets
