Oak Leaved Beech

description:

The oak leaf beech tree is so named because the leaf looks like an oak leaf.

name botanical:

Fagus sylvatica 'Quercifolia'

family:

Beech family (Fagaceae)

species:

deciduous tree

height:

up to 20 m (66 ft)

leaf:

The leaves are ovate, narrowly sinuate and shiny green on top. The petiole is short. The veins on the back are provided in part with brown hairs.

leaf shape:

ovoid

leaf margin:

smooth

leaf position:

alternate

fall foliage:

yellow-brown

flowering:

Mai

blossom color:

grenn-brown

blossom description:

Inconspicuous light brown flower that appears with the leaf shoots.

gender distribution:

dioecious

fruit:

Prickly pericarp with two beechnuts. Inconspicuous.

bark:

The bark is silver-grey and smooth.

root:

Heart-rooting

location:

Sun to half-shade

soil:

permeable soils

ph value:

slightly acidic to alkaline