Alexandra Park Interactive Tree Walk

Tree 20: Fern-leaved Beech

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Looking left as we walk along the path we can see a very large Fern-leaved Beech, Fagus sylvatica .aspxleniifolia' (its height was measured at 17 metres in 2001), with branches hanging down almost to the ground.  This is a cut-leaved cultivar of our native Beech.  It has jaggedly-toothed leaves, quite different in shape to those of the regular Beech.  There are two more Fern-leaved Beeches in Upper Park, which are exceptionally beautiful in Autumn.

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