COMMON NAME(S):
LEAF: long and almost as wide; broadly ovate; long-pointed at tip; notched at base; coarsely saw-toothed; palmately veined
BARK: dark gray; smooth, becoming furrowed into narrow scaly ridges
FLOWER: 5 yellowish-white petals; fragrant; in long-stalked clusters hanging from middle of leafy greenish bract
GROWTH: 60-100 feet
DISTRIBUTION: SE Manitoba east to SW New Brunswick and Maine, south to North Carolina, west to NE Oklahoma
LOCATION: South Park, Quincy, IL