inches above the ground the height was 21 feet and the width was 13 feet thus providing a height to width ratio of 1 61 prior to transplanting the tree had an average growth rate of 1 25 u2033 caliper per year this same rate of growth has been evident in the progeny vigor in field test on liner stock my tree u2018 abmtf u2019 was grown next to u2018 abtir u2019 and seedling material with the same environmental conditions u2018 abmtf u2019 was 30 larger than the seedlings and 10 larger than u2018 abtir u2019 tree shape u2014 upright oval with very dense foliage trunk u2014 smooth and unfluted with minimal exfoliation some stripe detail is evident which causes the coloring to vary between greyed green rhs 197a and greyed brown rhs 199d branching habit more dense than species primary lower branching emerges at about 10 to 15 degree angle with 20 of branch end curving upward branching toward the top third of the tree has 50 to 60 degree angles branches hardwood branching has a greyed green rhs 197b coloring while soft wood branching is yellow green 146c wood is rigid but smooth with small greyed white lenticels foliage mature leaves are semi gloss tri lobed with each lobe being triangular width between.