Phellodendron amurense
Common Name(s):
Previously known as:
- Phellodendron sachalinense
- Phonetic Spelling
- fel-oh-DEN-dron am-or-EN-see
- Description
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Shallow wide spreading root system; vase shaped with irregular branching; with age the bark becomes ridged and furrowed, cork-like with gray brown color; easy to transplant
Sun; range of soil types; withstands clay, wind, air pollution, drought, and soil compaction
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Phellodendron
- Species:
- amurense
- Family:
- Rutaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Dimensions:
- Height: 30 ft. 0 in. - 60 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 35 ft. 0 in. - 45 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Tree
- Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Horizontal
- Irregular
- Open
- Spreading
- Vase
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Texture:
- Coarse
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Available Space To Plant:
- 24-60 feet
- Usda Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 3b, 3a, 4a, 4b, 5b, 5a, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Black
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Winter
- Fruit Length:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Width:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Description:
- black fruit on female trees in fall that persists into winter
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Green
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Panicle
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Summer
- Flower Size:
- < 1 inch
- Flower Description:
- Nonshowy yellowish green flowers in early summer
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Leaves:
- Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Deciduous Leaf Fall Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- > 6 inches
- Leaf Description:
- 10-15 in. compound leaves with 5-13 leaflets; yellow to bronzy yellow fall color
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Compaction
- Drought
- Pollution
- Wind
