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Hop Tree

Plant Leaf

Full Plant

Plant Berry/Flower

Latin Name: Ptelea trifoliate

Flower Description:

Flowers are small, greenish-white in clusters with 4-5 narrow petals in early spring. Fruit is distinctive, a wafer like samara with broad wings, just under an inch long and 3/4 ” wide. Fruit ripens by October.

FamilyRue
Season BloomSpring
HabitatAromatic shrub or small tree with a rounded crown. Provides food and shelter for birds and mammals and nectar for butterflies. Larval host for the Eastern Tiger and Giant Swallowtails. Deer resistant. Harmful to livestock.
Cycle
Height10-15'
Leaf DescriptionLeaves are dark green in summer turning yellow in fall. Leaves are alternate and compound with three leaflets which are ovate or oblong, 3-5 " long by 2-3" wide. Pointy at the base, they are feather veined with a prominent mid-rib.
Soil Type All Types
Light Source All Types
LocationShoreline