Copper Beech
Fagus sylvatica

Address: 4525 Bartolo Terrace
District: Centerville

Origin: Europe
Type: flowering
Leaf: deciduous
Comments:
Deciduous, native in Europe to the Caucasus. After the first hundred years the beech begins to decline. The little beech-nuts are edible and its oval leaves turn a glowing yellow in the autumn.
More info on Copper Beech here and here too.

Illustration by Phillip Eaker

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