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. These will develop into lovely trees for bonsai. Bark is smooth gray, eventually breaking into small pieces.