Beech Plants at BCA

The following species and varieties are currently represented in our collections. To include taxa that are no longer present, go to this other list.

  • Fagus crenata

    Japanese Beech
    A large, rounded, densely branched deciduous shade tree, producing small nuts and golden-brown fall color.
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    • Fagus crenata // Japanese Beech ("straight species")

  • Fagus grandifolia

    American Beech
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    • Fagus grandifolia // American Beech ("straight species")

  • Fagus orientalis

    Oriental Beech
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    • Fagus orientalis // Oriental Beech ("straight species")

  • Fagus sylvatica

    European Beech
    A stately, long-lived, specimen, deciduous shade tree with good fall color.
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    • Fagus sylvatica // European Beech ("straight species")
    • Fagus sylvatica 'Asplenifoila' // Asplenifolia European Beech
    • Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Purple' // Dawyck Purple European Beech
    • Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula' // Weeping European Beech
    • Fagus sylvatica 'Purple Fountain' // Purple Fountain European Beech
    • Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Pendula' // Purple Weeping European Beech
    • Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Tricolor' // Purple Tricolor Beech
    • Fagus sylvatica 'Sparthiana' // Spaeth European Beech
    • Fagus sylvatica f. cristata // Curly-leaved European Beech

  • Fagus x taurica x sylvatica

    Hybrid Beech
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    • Fagus x taurica x sylvatica 'Prince of Darkness' // Prince of Darkness Hybrid Beech