LEAVES: Alternate, simple, heart-shaped, 3″-5″ long, margins entire.
TWIGS: Slender, smooth light brown to gray-brown, with numerous small lenticels.
FRUIT: A pod, rose-co lored to light brown, 2½”-3″ long by ½” wide, containing 6 egg- shaped, flattened, light brown seeds.
BARK: Thin, shallowly fissured, peeling into numerous scales, reddish-brown to very dark brown.
GENERAL: Usually a small tree, with a short trunk and branches forming a shallow, broad crown, 15′-20′ high with a trunk diameter of 6″, it has been known to reach 30′ in Pennsylvania. Prized for its bright rose-colored flowers in early spring. Wild populations are limited to the southern half of the Commonwealth, but Redbud is successfully cultivated further north.
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