Landscape Uses:
	Specimen, accent, or shade tree.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Available at native plant nurseries in northeast and central Florida.
Description:
	Deciduous tree with brownish to grayish bark up to 75 feet tall. Leaves 2-8 inches long with serrated edges. Small, fragrant white flowers in the spring.
Height:
	Typically 75 feet in height, taller than broad. Up to 120 feet in height in the Florida Panhandle.
Growth Rate:
	Seedlings are slow-growing, fast once established.
Range:
	Eastern half of the United States from Maine to North Dakota south to Texas and Hillsborough to Osceola counties. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.
Habitats:
	Moist hammocks.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy or limestone soils, with humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color:
	White.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring.
Fruit:
	Tiny, dry, hard and reddish.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Attracts bees. Larval plant for red-spotted purple (Basilarchia arthemis astyanax) and mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	We are currently adding data for this species for central and northern Florida. If you would like to contribute information or images, please contact George Gann via the IRC staff page.