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Photograph(s) by*: RHW, RHW
Characteristics
Height: 30-40'
Flowers: May-Jul.; white
Fruit: Aug.-Dec.; orange; fleshy
Fall color: orange, purple
Conditions *
Light:
Moisture: Moist
Soil pH: 5.3-6.8
Soil type: Clay Loamy Sandy
Habitat
moist habitats from borders of swamps to rocky hillsides; common in openings, scattered on uplands along edges of woods, roadsides
Native to
Region: Mountain *
States:
Wildlife
*
high wildlife value
Notes
slow-growing, short-lived; not drought or heat tolerant; plant at least 500 feet from cedars
Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/2015.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004