CATTON ARBORETUM
Carpinus betulus Rockhampton Red
Common name: Hornbeam
Year planted: 2016
Country of origin: Northern temperate regions
Year introduced: the cultivar Rockhampton Red was introduced by the Mount Pleasant nursery at Rockhampton, Gloucestershire in about 2014
Description: Will grow to a largish tree up to 6m with leaves with straight veins but unevenly toothed margins. The bark is smooth initially but can become heavily fluted in old age. It produces a hard heavy wood that was traditionally used for ox yokes and heavy beams and could be difficult to cut. The tree was often pollarded in the past
what3words: strutting.swear.chess
Tree number: 84
Year planted: 2016
Country of origin: Northern temperate regions
Year introduced: the cultivar Rockhampton Red was introduced by the Mount Pleasant nursery at Rockhampton, Gloucestershire in about 2014
Description: Will grow to a largish tree up to 6m with leaves with straight veins but unevenly toothed margins. The bark is smooth initially but can become heavily fluted in old age. It produces a hard heavy wood that was traditionally used for ox yokes and heavy beams and could be difficult to cut. The tree was often pollarded in the past
what3words: strutting.swear.chess
Tree number: 84
