Size: tree, 70-90' average height at maturity
Buds: imbricate, terminal absent, pseudoterminal bud usually tipped to one side, begetative and flower buds densely short-pubescent, project at angle from twig
Leaves: deciduous, alternate, 1.5-4" long, 1-2" wide, simple, acuminate, very oblique at base, doubly serrate, elliptic to ovate or obovate, shiny dark green
Twigs: slender, reddish brown, glabrous or nearly so, lenticel conspicuous, raised leaf scars
Flowers: monoecious, dense clusters
Fruit: samara, roughly cirular, winged on all sides
Bark: ashy gray
