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Fagus
sylvatica
'Atropunicea'
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Common name:
Copper Beech, "Purple beach"
Family:
Fagaceae (Beech)
Synonym:
Fagus
sylvatica
'Purpurea'
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Deciduous tree
Usage:
Ornamental
Comments:
The original purple-leaf beech was discovered in the Hanleiter Forest of Germany before 1772. The copper beech was an early offspring of this wild form with paler leaves. In 1807 Jefferson twice ordered “Purple Beeches” from Thomas Main’s nursery in Georgetown. Jefferson directed his overseer, Edmund Bacon, to plant them in the southwest and northwest angles of Monticello.
Locations
1:
Monticello East Front - North Side
(MEF-N)
• Accession: 2015-0034-3
2:
Monticello East Front - South Side
(MEF-S)
• Accession: 2015-0034-4
3:
Monticello West Front - North Side
(MWF-N)
• Accession: 2015-0034-2
4:
Monticello West Front - South Side
(MWF-S)
• Accession: 2015-0034-1
Area
Individual