tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post1786600578379024746..comments2024-03-09T16:04:59.378+00:00Comments on Calderdale Wildlife: Fern leaved Beech treeBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11118262782035356905noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post-45550559505318129042015-06-08T08:30:45.915+01:002015-06-08T08:30:45.915+01:00That's a shame that the old tree is dying.
I ...That's a shame that the old tree is dying.<br /><br />I think there is another variety of beech with dissected leaves which I thought was Fern-leaved Beech. Its leaves are more of the pattern of a Rowan, though more delicate and graceful, as is the whole tree. There is an old one of these at Shibden Hall, and another younger one in a private drive beside the road at Bradshaw.<br /><br />Those graft chimeras are amazing. The way part of the rootstock grows up through the plant and emerges among the scion foliage is very strange, though I've only read about them.Steve Blacksmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795912451617499115noreply@blogger.com