A medium sized deciduous tree reaching up to 25m. It has a spreading or domed crown or can sometimes be no more than a shrub. This whitebeam is behind a wall along a cycle path in Fallowfield and is growing up a small bank. Native to the South of Britain but found in many hedgerows and woodland edges mainly prefering limestone and calcareous soils. Often planted in towns and along roadside due to a slight pollution tolerance.
The branches are spreading and hairy when young becoming smooth with age. Buds grow up to 2cm long and are ovoid, green and tipped with hairs.
The bark is smooth and grey when young but getting darker and developing fissures with age. The leaves are oval, 12cm long, toothed or shallowly lobed at margins and very hairy, especially on white underside. Produces white flowers in stalked clusters opening in May and bright red, ovoid fruits 1.5cm long in September.
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