Located in front of Wood Hall.

• leaves opposite, deciduous, elliptic-obovate, coming to point
• leaves minutely serrate, dark green
• leaves turn bright pink to red in fall
• buds imbricate, green-brown/red, oval, pointed
• buds interrupt the corky wings along stems
• stems angled, green-brown, with prominent corky lateral "wings" of tissue on sides twigs
• stem wings interrupted by buds; most prominent on vigorous young shoots
• flowers small, yellow-green, inconspicuous, late spring, in axillary cymes
• fruit a red capsule, splitting to reveal a bright orange-red seed
• habit is a medium to large, multi-stemmed rounded shrub with stiff horizontal branches
• plant self seeds readily and may be found naturalized in the landscape and wild areas