Staphylea trifolia

American bladdernut

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Photo credit: R. Harrison Wiegand, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Heritage Service. www.dnr.state.md.us
Family

Staphyleacelae

Region

Mountain, Piedmont

States

District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

Plant Type

Medium Shrub

Height

3 - 15ft

Spread

6 - 12ft

Flower Color

Green, White

Fruit

Capsule; Brown, Red

Sun Exposure

Shade

Soil Texture

Loamy

Soil Moisture

Moist

Blooms

May - May

Fall Color

yellow

Habitat

deep rich woods, floodplain forests, moist ravines, shores of lakes and ponds, rocky wooded streambanks, shaded dunes

Notes

fruit is 3-lobed, papery, balloon-like capsule; branches green-white striped

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