Features of Ptelea trifoliata/Wafer-ash:

General:
Stems:
• Shrub or small tree
Leaves:
• Trifoliate deciduous leaves
• Leaflets 6-12cm long, glabrous to densely pubescent beneath, sessile
Flowers:
• Greenish white, in terminal, compound corymbs; sepals 1.5mm long; petals 4-6mm long
Fruit:
• Samara waferlike, 2-2.5cm long
Growing Information:
• Coastal plains, rich woods, rocky riverbands

	Close-up of the leaves and flowers of the Hop Tree.
	Hop Tree

 


All Definitions were taken from: Trees of the Southeastern United States by: Wilbur H. Duncan and Marion B. Duncan

All Descriptions were taken from: Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast by: Leonard E. Foote and Samuel B. Jones, Jr.