Buds have overlapping scales. Three to nine leaflets are borne in an odd-pinnate pattern. Branches are stout and coarse. Leaf scars are large and circular. Branchlets and leaflets are glabrous.
Leaves have three to seven, usually five, leaflets.
Bark is dark gray, fissured, and tightly held. Leaves have five to seven, usually five, leaflets. Bark is dark gray, fissured, and closely held. Twigs are densely woolly, or hairy, and bright brown in color. Leaves contain seven to nine leaflets.