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The Kentucky coffeetree is a moderately fast-growing tree, and male trees are often grown in parks and along city streets for ornamental purposes. The tree is typically fairly short-lived, healthy trees living from 100 to 150 years. [8] The Kentucky coffeetree sheds its leaves early during the fall and appears bare for up to 6 months.
Sawtooth oak trees also grow at a faster rate which helps it compete against native trees. The wood has many of the characteristics of other oaks, but is very prone to crack and split and hence is relegated to such uses as fencing. [10] Charcoal made using this wood is used especially for the braziers for heating water for the Japanese tea ...
Copper beech in autumn Shoot with nut cupules. Fagus sylvatica is a large tree, capable of reaching heights of up to 50 metres (160 feet) tall [4] and 3 m (10 ft) trunk diameter, though more typically 25–35 m (82–115 ft) tall and up to 1.5 m (5 ft) trunk diameter.
Open-grown trees do not get as tall, but can develop a stouter trunk, up to 2 m (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) in diameter. It has stout branches growing at right angles to the stem, forming a narrow round-topped head. [3] Under optimal conditions and full sun, northern red oak is fast growing and a 10-year-old tree can be 5–6 m (16–20 ft) tall. [4]
The leaves are compound pinnate, 20–30 cm long, with 5-11 (mostly 7-9) alternately arranged leaflets; each leaflet broad ovate with an acute apex; 6–13 cm long and 3–7 cm broad, with an entire margin and a thinly to densely hairy underside. In the fall, the leaves turn a mix of yellow, gold, and orange. [citation needed]
The leaves can be mistaken for those of the catalpa. The very fragrant flowers, large and violet-blue in colour [ 14 ] are produced before the leaves in early spring, on panicles 10–30 centimetres (4–12 in) long, with a tubular purple corolla 4–6 centimetres ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long resembling a foxglove flower.
The leaf margins are serrated, except near the base, with lobes between 1 and 3 mm (0.04 and 0.12 in) deep. [4] [5] Cylindrical flower spikes, or inflorescences, grow from the ends of 1- to 2-year-old branchlets and have leaves at their base. The spikes are generally 9 to 12 cm (3.5 to 4.7 in) wide with hundreds of individual flowers arising ...
A specimen in the Arnold Arboretum leafing out in spring. The American basswood is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree reaching a height of 18 to 37 m (60 to 120 ft) exceptionally 39 m (128 ft) with a trunk diameter of 1–1.5 m (3–5 ft) at maturity.