Fagaceae

<h2>Beech Family (Fagaceae)</h2>

Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii	American Beech Fagus grandiflora	Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa	Caucasian Oak Quercus macranthera
Copper Beech Fagus sylvatica purpurea	Cork Oak Quercus suber	Cut Leaf Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Laciniata'	Dawyk Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Purple'
English Oak Quercus robur	European Beech Fagus sylvatica	European Chestnut Castanea sativa	Golden Chain Laburnum alpinum
Golden Oak Quercus alnifolia	Hungarian Oak Quercus frainetto	Japanese Beech Fagus crenata	Macedonian Oak Quercus trojana
Mongolian Oak Quercus mongolica	Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra	Oak Leaved Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Quercifolia'	Pin Oak Quercus palustris
Pontine Oak Quercus pontica	Purple Fastigiate Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Purple'	Round-leaved European Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Rotundifolia'	Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissima
Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea	Sessile Oak Quercus petraea	Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria	Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii
Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor	Turkish Oak Quercus cerris	Turner's Oak Quercus turneri 'Pseudoturneri'	Valley Oak Quercus lobata
White Oak Quercus alba	Willow Oak Quercus phellos

American Beech Fagus grandiflora This beech is native to America (eastern North America), where it is also the only one of its kind that occurs naturally.	Copper Beech Fagus sylvatica purpurea 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.
Cut Leaf Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Laciniata' The Cut-beech is a rare species of European beech.	Dawyk Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Purple' This columnar beech is a cultivated form of the beech. It is gladly used as design element in larger gardens.
English Oak Quercus robur The English oak is found in North Africa, Europe to Asia Minor. As a park tree we find the oak in all temperate zones. The oak is a major supplier of timber. The hard wood is used among other things for the furniture industry. There are trees that are over a thousand years old.	European Beech Fagus sylvatica The European beech is a native European tree. The reddish wood gives the tree its name. The European Beech has green leaves. Beech forests are particularly widespread in Germany.
European Chestnut Castanea sativa The Chestnut is widespread in Europe and Asia, meanwhile also in other temperate zones. The chestnuts are consumed since ancient times by people. The tree can become very old.	Hungarian Oak Quercus frainetto The Hungarian oak is originally from Europe and the front area of the Near East. In Hungary it is, despite its name rather rare, because there the soils are to calcareous.
Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra The Red oak is native to North America. But it is very common to find it in Europe. The oak is a major supplier of timber. The hard wood is used in furniture industry, boat building and track laying (railway sleepers).	Purple Fastigiate Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Purple' This beech is a cultivated form of the common beech. It is used by landscaper as a design element in larger gardens.
Round-leaved European Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Rotundifolia' The round-leaved beech is a grafting of european beech.	Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea The Scarlet oak is native to eastern North America. Because of their bright red autumn foliage it is a popular garden and park tree in Europe.
Sessile Oak Quercus petraea The Sessile oak is found in Europe to the Middle East. The wood is used in construction (timber-framework) and for the production of wine barrels.	Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor The Swamp white oak is native to North America. The tree can be over 300 years old. The oak is important for the American timber industry.
Turkish Oak Quercus cerris The Turkey Oak is originally from the area South East Europe / Asia. In southern Europe, Turkey oak is a forest grove. In Northern Europe they are found as an ornamental tree, especially in parks.	Turner's Oak Quercus turneri 'Pseudoturneri' The Turner's oak is a hybrid of the English oak and native to the Mediterranean holm oak (Quercus ilex). It English name Turner's Oak derives from an English nursery owner who has created this hybridization.
Valley Oak Quercus lobata The Valley Oak is native to the hot valleys of California. The deciduous tree can be over 600 years old. The oak can withstand high heat on one side, but on the other side it needs always contact with groundwater.	White Oak Quercus alba The White oak has a large, rounded crown. The branches protrude horizontal often. The autumn color is gorgeous red. The natural occurrence of of the oak is the east coast of America to the interior.
Willow Oak Quercus phellos The willow oak called willow leaf oak is native to eastern North America. In Europe it is very rare. Striking are the almost rounded acorns in the fall.

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