Basisdaten
The Copper beech is widespread in Europe as a park or garden tree. It is a mutation of Beech, wherein the epidermal layer of the sheet is non-transparent and hence can not be seen, the green color of chlorophyll.
Tree profile
The leaves of the Copper beech are ovate. The color of the leaves can vary from dark red to red-green. In the sprouting leaves are dark red. The leaf margin is slightly serrated.
Inconspicuous bright red flower that appears with the leaf shoots.
Spiky fruit capsule with two beechnuts. The beechnuts are slightly toxic.
The branches are gray-brown, bent back and forth and elastic. The light brown buds are long, narrow, pointed and protruding.
parks, large gardens
Beeches additional information
overview leaves | overview blossoms | overview fruit | overview trunk | overview winter | overview trees
