Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Fagus
Species: F. sylvatica
Binomial name: Fagus sylvatica
Cultivar: Fagus sylvatica Purpurea Group
Common names: Copper beech
Beech trees (Fagus spp.) are a small group of long-lived, deciduous, hardwoods found in the temperate forests of the world. Fagus sp. has an upright growth habit with an open pyramidal form when young that develops into a rounded canopy with age. They are slow growing and many decades can reach a height of up to 50 metres.
The Copper beech (Fagus sylvatica Purpurea Group) have leaves that are a bright copper colour that turns a deep green by mid-summer.
An ornamental cultivar of the European Beech, Fagus sylvatica photographed October at Tupare Gardens, New Plymouth.
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