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Part of beech genus Fagus in beech / oak family Fagaceae in bayberry / beech / birch / oak / walnut order Fagales.
A cultivar called ◼︎ ◼︎ 🇪🇺 copper or purple European beech Fagus sylvatica purpurea, often used in landscaping, has leaves that are not ▲▲ toothed, but ♒︎ undulate, and leaf colors=purple, bronze or burgundy for the whole growing season [half our staff] or for first half of the growing season [the other half of our staff — we will ground-truth later this summer!].
Native to 🇪🇺 Europe, and into 🇹🇷 Turkey. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database) On No-Plant List by Seneca Nation of Indians (page 62)
Residents of eastern North America may wish to replace this tree with their native alternative American beech Fagus grandifolia.
🔍︎ 🔍︎ images Discover Life Encyclopedia of Life Missouri Botanical Garden Flora of North America NRCS PLANTS db Wikipedia
🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍂︎ simple non-lobed ▲▲ toothed 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, w/terminal buds
◼︎ ◼︎ 🇪🇺 copper or purple European beech Fagus sylvatica purpurea