This tree is medium sized reaching 70 to 80 ft. in height and 2 1/2 to 3 ft. in dbh. It also is prymidal in shape.

Leaves:
 Arrangement: alternate; 5-9 lobed (usually 5-lobed)

 Shape: base truncate

 Margin: bristle tipped

 Texture: N/A

 Variation: N/A

The bark in thin gray to grayish-brown in color. It is smooth when young and with age has scaly ridges with shallow fissures.

The twigs are reddish brown in color, slender, and lustrous. The buds are ovid and long with brown scales.

Flowers are borne on catkins and spikes. The fruit is clustered and is long and spherical.

This species leaves have sinuses nearly to midrib and almost at 45 degree angle. In addition the lower branches droop.

This species is found from Southern Michigan south to eastern Arkansas and east to Virginia.

This species is intolerant and occurs in swamps and bottom lands.

This species is generally not commercially important. Fruit is important for white-tailed deer, wild turkeys, and waterfowl, especially wood ducks.