Bark eventually gray and furrowed. Will set pea-sized purple fruits at a relatively young age. Leaves reduce very well with this species and it is often used for bonsai. With age the trunk will be smooth and chalky-white. Very nice and hard to find.
Leaves have heart shaped base with rounded tips.
Nice delicate branching and good leaf reduction. Fall colors are bright yellows. A beautiful tree but rarely available. Leaves are slightly longer and thinner tha t the more common European Beech, and are more coarsely toothed and deeply veined. Altogether a more attractive character than European Beech.