Plants of the Fagaceae Family at BCA

The following species and varieties are currently (or recently were) in the collections at Boone County Arboretum. This list is certainly not exhaustive -- additional taxa may be available in the trade, or may have been removed from our collection and thus removed from this list. To include taxa that are no longer present, go to this other list.

Genus: Castanea

  • Castanea dentata

    American Chestnut
    A giant jewel of the past, with heavy nut crops, now being brought back w/ disease resistance through hybrids.
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    • Castanea dentata var. haun // American Chestnut ("Haun Orchard" Provenance)

  • Castanea dentata x mollissima

    Hybrid Chestnut
    A primarily American Chestnut hybrid, with the Chinese Chestnut parentage providing much resistance to the otherwise fatal chestnut blight disease.
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    • Castanea dentata x mollissima // Hybrid Chestnut ("straight species")

  • Castanea mollissima

    Chinese Chestnut
    A medium-large deciduous tree with tasty, edible nuts and chestnut blight-disease resistance.
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    • Castanea mollissima var. Wilkinson // Chinese Chestnut ("Wilkinson Farm" Provenance)

 
 

Genus: Fagus

  • 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

 
 

Genus: Quercus