Plants of the Fagus Genus 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.

 

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