Description:Aromatic tree and thicket-forming shrub with variously shaped leaves and narrow, spreading crown of short, stout branches. Leaves are 7.5 to 13cm long, elliptical with two mitten-shaped lobes or three broad and blunt lobes. Long, slender leafstalksis pinnatly compound.
Bark:Gray-brown and becoming thick and deeply furrowed.
Fruit:10mm long:elliptical shiny, bluish-black berries.
Habitat:Moist, sandy soils of upland and valleys. Infield and clearings.
Range:Extreme South Ontario east to Southwest Maine, south to central Florida, west to East Texas, and north to central Michigan.
Reference:Audubon Society Field Guide To North American Trees.