Has cinnamon-brown exfoliating bark. Best adapted to moist soils. Used in areas that are alternately wet and dry. Handsome tree used as specimen in parks and estates. Catkins are used by redpolls and pine siskins.
Foliage is used by browsers.
Straight trunk with an oblong crown. Difficult to transplant, start as seedling. Best reserved for woodland border. Leaves are used by browsers. Nuts are also consumed by deer, turkey, foxes, wood ducks and squirrels.