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Hardiness
Zones:
4-7 |
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Habit:
Deciduous |
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Growth
Rate: Slow to moderate |
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Site
Requirements: Sun; range
of soil types |
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Texture:
Medium |
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Form:
Densely pyramidal to rounded;
low branches; becomes more rounded with age
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Height:
50 to 60’
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Width:
35 to 45’ |
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Leaf:
2 to 4" alternate, simple
leaves; russet to golden bronze fall color |
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Flower/Fruit:
Nonshowy flowers; small
nut like structure
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Comments:
Slow
to leaf out in spring; excellent specimen tree; dislikes summer
heat; smooth attractive, gray bark
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Cultivars:
Atropunicea
cuprea, Atropunicea;
Purpurea, Dawyck
Purple, Pendula,
Riversii,
Roseomarginata; Tricolor,
Tortuosa (10 to 15'; Unique twisted trunk and branches; mounded)
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