The leaves are quite distictively different from normal Oak (to the practised eye).
Spotters' score: 8
ref: p.32/6
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| Spreading tree up to 45m tall; bark rugged, grey-brown, twigs and leaves almost hairless. Leaves oblong, wavy-edged, tapering into stalk after the smallish bottom lobes. Flowers greenish-yellow, in hanging clusters; April-May, same time as leaves. Fruit a nut (acorn) in a long-stalked scaly cup. The leaves are quite distictively different from normal Oak (to the practised eye). Spotters' score: 8 ref: p.32/6
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