Fagus sylvatica with a spreading crown. There are hundreds of varieties of European Beech. The Wheaton campus includes specimens of purple leaf, fern leaf, and weeping varieties.

TREE WALK

COMMON NAME: European Beech, Common Beech
LATIN NAME: Fagus sylvatica
FAMILY: Fagaceae
LOCATION: Between the Wallace Library and the Doll's House


 
 

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Photograph by Dan Foxman '02