Best reserved for woodland border. Leaves are used by browsers. Nuts are also consumed by deer, turkey, foxes, wood ducks and squirrels. Medium to fast growth. Fruit is fleshy, orange to dark purple, ripening in September to October.
Leaves are yellow to yellow-green in fall.
Good tree for park or large area use. Useful tree for adverse growing conditions. Fruit is popular with winter birds, especially the cedar waxwing, mockingbird, and robin. Slender, oval, rounded crown. Handsome, scaly, dark bark.