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Photograph(s) by*: USFWS BES, CM NRCS
Characteristics
Height: 15-50'
Spread: 18-40'
Flowers: May-Jun.; white or cream
Fruit: red; fleshy
Fall color: evergreen
Conditions *
Light: 
Moisture: Moist
Soil pH: 4-7.5
Soil type: Clay Loamy
Habitat
most common and abundant in moist sandy woodlands of the coastal plain
Native to
Region: Coastal Piedmont
Mountain *
States: MD
Wildlife
Notes
birds eat berries; state tree of Delaware
Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1254.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004
