Hornbeam Maple

Description

Small tree or large shrub reaching 30' in height; densely branched and upright, but not fastigiate, branchlets thin, glabrous. Leaves oblong, unlobed, doubly serrate, densely covered with silky hairs when young; fall color often a good golden yellow or rich brown. Flowers greenish, borne in racemes on long, slender pedicels in May.