General Description | This tree has been placed on the IUCN Red List as least concern. |
Shape | Pyramidal tree with slender crown. |
Cultivation | Very tolerant of infertile or wet sites. |
Notable Specimens | Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, Sussex, England. |
Bark/Stem Description | Shoots are angled and sticky, appearing first as a dark red. |
Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Bus are red with glandular-resinous scales. |
Leaf Description | Leaves are 8-17 x 5-11 cm, occasionally up to 20 cm, with dark green colouring above, and grey or blue-grey beneath with red-brown pubescence. |
Flower Description | Male catkins 10-15 cm, slender, appearing in clusters of 3-5. |
Fruit Description | Fruit catkins to 3 cm, barrel-shaped, in clusters of 3-6 on orange-red pedicels. |