Copper Beech

Leaf Characteristics
- broad, flat
- simple
- not lobed
- smooth margins, entire
- alternate
- without needle-like bristles
- not heart-shaped
- widest toward tip or middle
- 2" - 4" long, edges wavy

Fruit Characteristics
- other fruit (not cone, winged, acorn, or in pod or capsule)
- nut in a husk
- thin, spiny husk
- fruit less than 2" in diameter, weak, unbranched spines
Copper Beech
Fagus cuprea
The Copper Beech is a cultivated variety of the European Beech. Its leaves are coppery or reddish in color.

