Grid reference | ST 18085 78441 |
Common name | Sichuan birch |
Common name | Szechuan birch |
Alternative name | Betula pendula subsp. szechuanica |
Alternative name | Betula platyphylla var. szechuanica |
Origin | China |
Deciduous | Yes |
Status | Rare |
Status | Glamorgan Champion 2021 |
Map section | V |
Planted | by Malcolm Frazer c.1995 |
Height | 11M March 2021 |
Girth | 154cm March 2021 |
Reference | 650 |
This tree is towards the south end, near the fairoak Road boundary, roughly level with the building "Library Court" and 50M away from it.
General tree description
Betula szechuanica is a medium sized tree up to 20 metres tall, with an untidy, sparse shape, chalky-white bark and big (up to 12 by 9cm), coarse, glossy, blue-green leaves. These are white-green and hairless beneath, round-toothed, triangular-ovate and long-pointed. They are golden-yellow in autumn. Separate yellow-green male catkins and green female catkins appear before or with the leaves in spring.