A massive tree, grows to a height of 25 m to 30 m, sometimes up to 40 m, dry habitats, occurs at altitudes up to 500 m.a.s.l., light-loving, warm-loving
Botanical description
Habitus: sparse crown, whitish-gray, greenish, to broadly ovate, branches thick, bark smooth when young, whitish-gray to greenish-grey, longitudinally cracked, dark gray to black bark
Leaf: on shoots and young plants the leaves are deeply lobed, and on the reverse side white downy, on older trees shallowly lobed, and on the reverse side gray green, the edge is irregularly cut, leaf size 6-10 cm x 6-11 cm,, the petiole of the leaves is long 2-3 cm
Flower: buds arranged in a spiral, conical to egg-conical, round, olive green, densely white felt, flowers are catkins
Fruit: light brown capsule, ripens in May, seeds are tiny, 1 mm in size
Growth conditions / Cultivation / Care
unsuitable for park and garden landscaping
suitable for landscaping
fibrous wood, used in the paper-pulp industry,
production of matches
energy fuel, production of wood chips as a renewable energy source
Gallery
Use / Function and landscape
strengthen river banks
parks
Special use
It occurs in lowlands, tolerant to changes of water regime, not demanded on soil
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