A very nice tree with great foliage, but I am confused about the overall shape of the tree - it is tall, spired, and leaning. I genuinely don't think it is an original "Lucombeana".
This is the normal glossy leaf upperside, a fairly typical shape on this tree.
Here is a close-up of one of the leaves showing the glossy upper epidermis, and the spine-tipped (mucronate) even lobes - the Turkey Oak parent also has mucronate lobes, but these lobes are far more dominant in the overall shape of the leaf. You can also see what appears to be a dark leaf spot fungus and what may be leafhopper feeding marks over this leaf surface.
This close-up shows the mucronate tips, and the remaining white felting on the underside of the leaves.
There is a reference in the 1835 book by Loudon of a Lucombe Oak at Cobham Hall being 36 feet tall, 13 years after planting, and this tree might date to about that time. Or it might go back to Humphrey Repton's plantings, or according to the College website, "just before the Repton period"??
This is the normal glossy leaf upperside, a fairly typical shape on this tree.
Here is a close-up of one of the leaves showing the glossy upper epidermis, and the spine-tipped (mucronate) even lobes - the Turkey Oak parent also has mucronate lobes, but these lobes are far more dominant in the overall shape of the leaf. You can also see what appears to be a dark leaf spot fungus and what may be leafhopper feeding marks over this leaf surface.
This close-up shows the mucronate tips, and the remaining white felting on the underside of the leaves.
There is a reference in the 1835 book by Loudon of a Lucombe Oak at Cobham Hall being 36 feet tall, 13 years after planting, and this tree might date to about that time. Or it might go back to Humphrey Repton's plantings, or according to the College website, "just before the Repton period"??
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