Large tree ranging from 100 – 150 ft. and 2 – 7 ft. in dbh. Has spreading open crown.

 Shape: alternate; odd-pinnately compound; 9-19 leaflets

 Margin: leaflets are often curved; inequilateral base

 Texture: finely serrate

 Variation: glabrous

light brown to grayish-brown; smooth when young, becoming furrowed with ridges

Stout, red-brown in color with orange lenticels, buds valvate, acute, and long.

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nut – 4-winged with thin, dark brown husk. Flower is yellowish green and appears in catskins.

Compound leaf with 9 – 16 serrated leaflets, distinctive nut, large tree.

Along the Mississippi river from southern Iowa to Louisiana. Occur locally in Alabama and Kentucky.

intolerant; moist, well-drained bottoms; mesic uplands