- Open irregular crown with coarse spreading branches
- Leaves are ovate with a serrated edge, green on top and whitish underneath
- Dioecious: trees are either male or female, flowering before the leaves appear
- Male flowers are reddish, female flowers are yellow, ripening in early spring
- Female trees are messy, with 'cotton' drifting
- Flowers are followed by egg-shaped seeds with long silky hairs attached
- Fall foliage is a bright yellow
- They also multiply by suckering, often producing stands of a single sex
ZONE:
3
COLOUR:
Brown
HEIGHT:
18-20 m
SPREAD:
8-10 m
