 
						It is a medium-sized deciduous tree, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter and a broad rounded crown. The bark is smooth and greenish-white to greyish-white with characteristic diamond-shaped dark marks on young trees, becoming blackish and fissured at the base of old trees. The leaves are 4-15 cm long, five-lobed, with a thick covering of white scurfy down on both sides but thicker underneath. The flowers are catkins up to 8 cm long, produced in early spring.
It is native from Spain and Morocco through central Europe (north to Germany and Poland) to central Asia.
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| Plantation | 
| Foliage | Deciduous | 
|---|---|
| Foliage color | Autumn | 
| Plant use | Coastal garden, Pollution tolerant, Restoration, Riverbanks, Shade tree, Singular, Street Tree, Urban garden, Wild garden | 
| Soil - Moisture | Well-drained | 
| Soil - Ph | No preference | 
| Soil - Type | No preference | 
