Description
The tree usually forks at between 1.5 m and 2 m from the ground to produce a broad, rounded, densely foliated crown, although immature plants produce vigorous side shoots requiring assiduous pruning to maintain shape. The bark is pale grey, and longitudinally fissured to form a random lattice pattern. The leaves are narrowly-elliptical, < 9 cm long by < 4.5 cm wide, with 8 mm petioles. As the name implies, the leaves turn pale yellow in autumn. The perfect, apetalous wind-pollinated flowers appear in early March, followed by the seeds in April; flowering usually begins when the tree is aged six years.
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Bark of 30-year old tree.
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Sapporo Autumn Gold foliage.
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Coastal tree at Mudeford, UK.
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