CATTON ARBORETUM

Nothofagus obliqua

Common name: Patagonian Oak

Year planted: 2020

Country of origin: Chile, Argentina

Year introduced: by William Lobb in 1849

Description: Growing to 30 to 50m in its natural environment the bark is greyish brown on mature trees with the wood being hard and durable. Leaves are oval with a serrated margin and occur alternately. Trees bear separate male and female inconspicuous flowers

what3words: slurping.hatch.crunching
Tree number: 32
Nothofagus obliqua (Patagonian Oak)