Solved Chestnut perhaps?

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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Seen a few of these trees in the local park, just can't quite work out what they are.
    I was thinking a weird variety of chestnut but maybe totally wrong.
    Any thoughts. 20240803_101521.jpg 20240803_101512.jpg
     
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    I think you will find it is a cut leaf Beech.
    Fagus sylvatica heterophylla or similar.

    Have a close look at the long pointed new buds..already there they will stay dormant until next spring.
    Maybe it has beech masts on it or on the ground.
     
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      The lack of any fruits of any kind was why I was undecided but thanks, I think you have nailed it it does look like the online pictures.

      Probably why I was getting no where going down the chestnut route.:biggrin:

      Thanks again @Silver surfer
       
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        There are several trees with cut leaves..I love the cut leaf Oak..Quercus robur filicifolia.

        In our old garden in Wales we had a very slow dwarf one called Fagus sylvatica Mercedes.
        Leaves very thin.
        The buds are so easy to id...just like all beech trees.
        I loved it.
        Super autumn colour.
        Bought from Bluebell Nursery as a baby shrub.
        Fagus sylvatica 'Mercedes'

        FAGUS  SYLVATICA  MERCEDES 29-10-2007 13-35-36.jpg FAGUS  SYLVATICA  MERCEDES 17-05-2008 16-51-59.jpg FAGUS  SYLVATICA  MERCEDES 21-11-2008 11-09-02.jpg FAGUS  SYLVATICA  MERCEDES 21-11-2008 11-11-06.jpg FAGUS  SYLVATICA  MERCEDES 21-11-2008 11-11-55.jpg FAGUS  SYLVATICA  MERCEDES 02-05-2010 17-32-52.jpg
         
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