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Well, I should probably add just a bit more detail to: leaves 'like a beech' (a bit vague)...
'The other bore leaves of a young green like the new-opened beech; their edges were of glittering gold. Flowers swung upon her branches in clusters of yellow flame, formed each to a glowing horn that spilled a golden rain upon the ground; and from the blossom of that tree there came forth warmth and a great light.' Silmarillion
Tolkien must have loved the beech I think, considering various references in his works; and its influence, in part, in the mallorn trees as well.
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