Narrow rounded crown, with ascending branches becoming wider with maturity Bark colour is a beautiful silvery-white Nearly round glossy dark green summer leaves turn bright yellow in fall Leaves 'tremble' in the slightest breeze, due to flat leaf stems Dioecious: trees are either male or female, flowering before the leaves appear Male flowers are reddish, female flowers are yellow, ripening in early spring They also multiply by suckering, often producing stands of a single sex