Site
Requirements: Sun to partial shade; moist well drained
soil; avoid extremely dry, windy, and wet sites
Texture:
Medium
Form:
Upright; conical; pyramidal in youth; with
age open, irregular with high branches at wide angles
Height:
30 to 60'
Width:
18 to 35'
Leaf:
1.5 to 3.5" alternate, simple leaf; dark
green, spiny, leathery
Flower/Fruit:
Small white flowers in
late spring; red fruit maturing in fall and lasting into winter
Comments:
Native; must have both sexes for berry
production; single or multitrunked; larval food for Henry's elfin butterfly;
berries attracts birds; light gray bark; tolerates air pollution
