Scientific Name:	Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Pendula'
Pronunciation:	FAY-gus sil-VAT-ih-kuh
Common Name:	weeping copper beech
Family Name:	Fagaceae
Plant Type:	Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Grafted with pendulous branches (form is umbrella or mushroom-like); leaves emerge purple in spring, fading to green-purple in summer. Leaves alternate, ovate-elliptic with undulating margin and prominent veins. Winter ID: elliptical buds >1 cm long x 3 mm wide, pointed, spear-like, divergent, brown; bark smooth, silver-grey, with a horizontal pattern (like an elephant's leg).
Course(s):	not used (off campus)

Habit: Dense, Pendulous Form: Weeping Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 2 - 3m Spread: 2 - 3m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: Europe, Garden origin Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Small garden/space, Specimen plant Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Lustrous Colour in Fall: Brown Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Acute Margins: Serrate, Undulate (wavy)

Inflorescence Type: Flowers solitary Flower Morphology: Monoecious plant Number of Petals: 0 Ovary Position: Inferior Colour (petals): Not showy, Dark-red Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Apr, May

Fruit Type: Nut Fruit Colour: Green, Brown Fruiting Time: Oct, Nov Additional Info: Not showy, Accessory tissue, 3-angled nuts from compound ovary enclosed in prickly bracts that split open like a capsule

Bark Morphology: Smooth Bark or Stem Colour: Grey, Brown     Leaf Scar Shape: U-shaped Organ Modifications: Ectomycorrhizal with species of Amanita, Boletus, Cantharellus, Hebeloma and Lactarius.

Propagation:	Greenwood cuttings, Grafting
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Medium
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant
Specific Pests:	wood rot; bracket fungi

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : not used (SGL) Sendell Gardens, Langley Location Map

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