Photo: Matthew Richardson
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Photo: Matthew Richardson |
| A small tree, up to 75' in height and 4' in diameter, trunk usually irreegular and dividing into sevaral stout, widespreading branches. Leaves are compound, 3-5 leaflets with a long petiole, leaflets oval to lance-like, 3-4" long, pointed at tips, coarsely serrate and sometimes 3-lobed at base. Fruit is drooping key with convergent wings, 1-2" long. Bark is thin, pale gray or light brown, deeply divided by furrows into broad, round ridges. Dows well on a variety of soils and in harsh climates. |