SK 3522 28 May 2022: 3 very high res. images.

Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK
Altitude: 60m.
Date: 03 April 2022
Habit : Cultivated
Carpinus betulus L. ??


Sorry but the leaf shape looks completely wrong for Carpinus betulus…. common name Hornbeam.

Veins and leaf edges are different in Hornbeam.
I would have said Betula sp… a birch tree.

http://www.tree-guide.com/european-hornbeam
Google search


I agree with …


These are my pics of Carpinus betula:
Young leaves, mature leaves, catkins and seed.
Betula…too hard for me to say which sp.


I guess it could be Carpinus betulus L. !


leaves seem like Betula alnoides.

if tree trunk pics available i can differentiate it Carpinus or Betula.

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