CATTON ARBORETUM
Pterocarya stenoptera
Common name:
Chinese Wingnut
Year planted:
2018
Country of origin:
China
Year introduced:
Introduced to the west in 1860
Description:
Produces a large vigorous tree with eventually deeply fissured grey brown bark. Pinnate leaves have serrate wings on each side of the rachis with the terminal leaflet often missing. The fruits are formed on pendulous strings with small wings on the resulting nuts. Likes wet ground.
what3words:
ownership.specifies.newlywed
Tree number: 123