Landscape Uses:
	Canopy tree along canal banks and swales.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Available at native plant nurseries in northeast and central Florida.
Description:
	Medium to large tree with an erect trunk and a narrow, rounded crown. Trunks to 2 feet in diameter, but usually much smaller in South Florida. Bark loose, brown, separating into plate-like scales. Leaves deciduous, compound, about 9-15 inches long, thin, dark green.
Height:
	Typically 25-50 feet in height in South Florida; to 150 feet in Florida. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Southern and central United States west to Texas and south to Palm Beach, Hendry and Lee counties. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.
Habitats:
	Floodplain forests.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, seasonally inundated organic soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate to high; grows best with some organic content and may languish in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Light shade to full sun.
Flower Color:
	Greenish.
Flower Characteristics:
	Male flowers in semi-showy hanging catkins.
Flowering Season:
	Spring.
Fruit:
	Nut.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Provides significant food and cover for wildlife.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from stratified seed, sown in spring.
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