Roble - Nothofagus obliqua
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Roble - Nothofagus obliqua | dylan | Keynsham Memorial Park | 8 Jul 2022, 6:01 p.m. | 6 Jul 2022, 2:34 p.m. | |
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Roble - Nothofagus obliqua | dylan | Keynsham Memorial Park | 8 Jul 2022, 6:01 p.m. | 6 Jul 2022, 2:34 p.m. |
Species Description
Widespread but scattered and infrequent as a planted tree. Habitat includes: gardens, parks, churchyards, estates, plantations, road-side verges, hedgerows etc. Growing habit: Deciduous Perennial. Height: Up to 35 m. Flowers: April to May. Prized as a fast-growing hardwood tree. It was widely used in plantations from the 1930s onwards. Thought to have been introduced to Britain in 1849, but the first confirmed record wasn't until 1902. First recorded from the wild by 1956.
Stace 4:
Nothofagus obliqua (Mirb.) Blume (Lophozonia obliqua (Mirb.) Heenan & Smissen) - Roble.
Tree to 35m; winter buds about 4mm; leaves (2)5-9cm, ovate-oblong or narrowly so, coarsely biserrate, more or less glabrous, with 7-12 pairs of lateral veins; cupules with short stiff scales 1-2mm; (2n=26). Neophyte-naturalised; widely planted for forestry in West England, West Scotland and Wales, often producing self-sown offspring, scattered over Britain and Ireland; Chile and West Argentina.
Key:
- Leaves deciduous, (2)5-12(18)cm, with obtuse to rounded teeth
- Leaves coarsely biserrate, with 7-12 pairs of lateral veins; cupules with short stiff scales 1-2mm