Leaf Color Range

This tree is also called the “shadbark” or “shadblow” because its flowers bloom at the same time as shad spawn in the spring, making it one of the first trees in the spring to bloom. It has a narrow, rounded crown as a tree; or it can be an irregularly shaped shrub with star-shaped white flowers. It is planted ornamentally because of its large masses of showy flower clusters.
Height: 15’-25’ high with a variable spread. Can grow to 40’.
Leaves: Simple and alternate; 1-1/2”-4” long, 1”-2” wide. Dull green on top; paler beneath, turning yellow or red in fall.
Habitat: In moist soils in hardwood forests from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia; south to Florida; west to Oklahoma and north to Minnesota.