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Photograph(s) by*: CM NRCS, RHW, CM NRCS
Characteristics
Height: 6.5-16'
Spread: 6-12'
Flowers: Mar.-May; yellow
Fruit: Sept.-Oct.; scarlet; berry
Fall color: yellow
Conditions *
Light: 
Moisture: Moist Wet
Soil pH: 4.5-6.5
Soil type: Loamy Sandy
Habitat
moist woods, shaded wooded slopes or dunes, floodplain forests
Native to
Region: Coastal Piedmont
Mountain *
States: MD DE PA NY WV VA
Wildlife
*
high wildlife value
Notes
all parts edible and aromatic; herbal uses
Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1219.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004