Scientific Name:	Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Gold'
Pronunciation:	FAY-gus sil-VAT-ih-kuh
Common Name:	gold columnar beech
Family Name:	Fagaceae
Plant Type:	Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Tall, narrow, deciduous tree, upright branching with pendulous tips; leaves broadly elliptic, emerge gold changing to bright green over summer; buds are long, pointed, spear-like; smooth grey (elephant skin) bark with horizontal lines. Winter ID: habit, form, and 'elephant skin' bark; buds large, narrow pointy, alternating.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Dense, Fastigiate, Twiggy, Upright Form: Columnar, Oval - vertical Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 15 - 22m Spread: 5 - 7m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Garden origin Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Fall interest, Hedge row, Shade tree, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Street (boulevard tree), Tall background, Wind break Additional Info: Google Images

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Glandular hairs, Lustrous, Pubescent Colour in Summer: Green, Yellow, :Leaves golden in spring turning to bright green in summer Colour in Fall: Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic Apices: Acute Bases: Cuneate Margins: Crenate, Entire, Undulate (wavy) Additional Info: Spectacular fall colour, 5 - 7 cm long

Inflorescence Type: Catkin (ament) Flower Morphology: Dioecious plant Number of Petals: 0 Colour (petals): Not showy, Green-yellow Flower Time at Peak: Apr, May

Fruit Type: Nut Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Accessory tissue, edible 3-angled nuts from compound ovary enclosed in prickly bracts that split open like a capsule

Bark Morphology: Smooth Bark or Stem Colour:     Leaf Bud Type: Conical (long-pointed) Organ Modifications: Ectomycorrhizal with species of Amanita, Boletus, Cantharellus, Hebeloma and Lactarius.

Propagation:	Grafting

Location(s): (AGB) Acer Griseum Bed : q.1 (BHE) Boulevard by Hwy. 10 Eastend Location Map

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