| Scientific Name: | Fagus sylvatica 'Rohan Obelisk' |
| Common Name: | red obelisk beech |
| Family Name: | Fagaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Fastigiate, Stiffly upright, Twiggy |
| Form: | Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Shade tree, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Summer interest, Tall background |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Elliptic, Pinnately lobed, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Green-yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Edible, Nut, (Accessory tissue), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Narrowly pyramidal small tree; leaves broadly elliptic, dark purple turning copper colour in fall. Winter ID: bark smooth, silver-grey, with a horizontal pattern (like an elephant's leg); buds narrowly conical, most 1-2.5cm long x 4-5mm wide, pointed, spear-like, divergent, reddish-brown with grey fuzz. | |