Size: tree, 30-50' average height at maturity
Buds: large .5" terminals, ovoid
Leaves: deciduous, alternate, 1.5-3" long and wide, simple, ovate to broad ovate, sometimes elliptic ovate, margins crenate, tip acuminate, leathery, shiny dark green, shades of yellow, scarlet, purple, and orange in fall, often with pattern in the center of individual leaves
Twigs: stout, dark brown when mature,
Flowers: monoecious, white, up to .75" wide, in 3" clusters, bloom late April to early May
Fruit: pome, up to .5", tan to brown
Bark: shiny brown when young, gray-brown with furrows when older
