Large, upright, fast growing deciduous tree (H 15-25 m, W 8-12 m). Crown pyramidal. Branches horizontal, later slightly hanging. Bark dark grey, roughly fissured. Young shoots grey-green, slightly sticky. Leaves broadly ovate (5-10 cm), with a distinctly rounded tip, slightly ribbed, glossy, dark green. Flowers not remarkable; male flowers in hanging yellow-brown catkins (5 cm), female flowers ovate (up to 0,5 cm), reddish. Flowering period: March. Fruits ovate (1,5-2 cm), cone-like, woody, black-brown. Undemanding tree, it grows well in different soil-types, even poor and sandy; normally withstands urban conditions, polution, wind and occasional flooding.
These plants grow well in sun or in partial shade. Usually they tolerate more sun and heat if given enough moisture; in partial or light shade they need less moisture.
Decidious have woody stems (i. e. tree trunk and branches) and are also called woody plants or trees. Leaves are normally broad, soft and thin.
The plant develops new leaves or needles every spring, which dropp off in autumn. Herbaceous plants can die completely in above ground section and grow back in the spring.
Plant can in otherwise appropriate environment survive cold down to - 23 °C.
Moist soil usually contain morefine clay parts and less sand, more humus and organic materials, they are somewhat heavier, but not hard; water does not run away quickly but stays among soil particles and is long available to plants. There is no stagnant water, soil is airy enough. Drought occurs rarely on such positions. Plants are given more or less permanent, moderate moisture.
Woody plant, normally with a remarkable tree trunk and a tree top. May have several stems - multistemmed tree. The tree top may be of different shapes, dense or thin, symetric or uneven. Most trees reach a height of more than 3 metres.
Among described plants in this category we marked those, which are particulary resistant (to various environmental conditions), do not require much maintanance and thereby suitable fot planting in public areas.
