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Photograph(s) by*: USFWS BES, RHW, USFWS BES
Characteristics
Height: 45-45'
Spread: 25-35'
Flowers: Jun.-Aug.; greenish white
Fruit: Sept.-Feb.; bluish black; berry
Fall color: purple to crimson
Conditions *
Light:
Moisture: Dry Moist Wet
Soil pH: 5.1-7.5
Soil type: Clay Loamy Sandy
Habitat
fence rows, woodland edges, open woods, alluvial woods, ravines and bluffs, rich deep woods, cliffs
Native to
Region: Coastal Piedmont
Mountain *
States: MD DE NY PA WV VA
Wildlife
*
high wildlife value
Notes
bank stabilizer; control by trimming; fruits eaten by variety of wildlife; purple to crimson fall color
Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1293.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004