Trees · question 7
Which description fits best?
- Pointed, bristle-tipped lobes, cut in halfway: Large leaf (12–22 cm) that turns red in autumn.
- Pointed, bristle-tipped lobes, cut almost to the midrib: Leaf 8–15 cm, glossy, with tufts of hair in the vein axils; the lower branches droop.
- Small, deeply cut leaf, and thorns: Leaf 2–5 cm; white blossom in May, red berries.
- Only the lower half lobed; grey felted underside: Serrated towards the tip; orange-red berries.
- Rounded lobes; acorns: The classic oak leaf, 7–14 cm.
All species with this feature
Still possible
- Red oak (Quercus rubra)
- Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
- Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
- Swedish whitebeam (Sorbus intermedia)
- English oak (Quercus robur)
- Sessile oak (Quercus petraea)