| General Description | This species has been placed on the IUCN Red List as least concern. |
| Notable Specimens | RHS Garden Rosemoor, North Devon, England. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Light grey and furrowed bark with light greenish-brown twigs. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Large, long and pointed, shiny russet or light brown in colour with minute tomentum (woolly down), 1 cm in length. |
| Leaf Description | Oboval or oblong, 3 lobes with 7-10 lobes on either side, rough and dark green with a heart-shaped to auricled base, 10-25 x 8-15 cm. |
| Flower Description | Drooping golden brown catkins, 5-8 cm. |
| Fruit Description | Acorns are light brown, maturing in roughly 6 months. They are 15-35 mm long, egg shaped, usually with a blunt apex. The cup is covered with long, overlapping scales and russet hairs. |
