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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7a
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Edible to birds
Dehiscent
Other: Edible to people
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Uses: Suitable for forage
Edible Parts: Seeds or Nuts
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Provide darkness
Depth to plant seed: 1 cm
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Seeds are short viable, best to sow direct after ripening
Pollinators: Wind

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Common names
  • Copper Beech
  • Purple Beech

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Location: Luebeck, Germany
Date: 2010-05-22
- On the waterway surrounding Luebeck in Germany.
Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15
A hedge surrounding the rose garden
Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15

Date: 2004-05-14
Photo courtesy of: Tortuosa
Location: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date: 2014-08-22
Photo courtesy of: Rizka

Date: 2014-11-20
Photo courtesy of: AnRo0002

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
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Location: Woodburn, Oregon
Date: 2018-04-26

Photo courtesy of: Tortuosa

Date: 2010-04-19
Photo courtesy of: H. Zell

Photo courtesy of: Line1

Date: 2007-05-27
Photo courtesy of: rupp.de
Location: Schleswig-Holstein
Date: 2008-08-01
Photo courtesy of: Huhu

Date: 2014-06-01
Photo courtesy of: AnRo0002

Date: 2013-05-14
Photo courtesy of: AnRo0002

Date: 2013-05-14
Photo courtesy of: AnRo0002

Date: 2013-10-29
Photo courtesy of: AnRo0002
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-05-10
Location: California State Capitol Park, Sacramento.
Date: 2016-02-01
Zone 9b.
Location: California State Capitol Park, Sacramento.
Date: 2016-02-01
Zone 9b.
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