Fagus sylvatica ’Purpurea’ L.
(Copper Beech)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cultivar	Fagus sylvatica ’Purpurea’ (Copper Beech)
Species	Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
Genus	Fagus (beeches)
Family	FAGACEAE (forest trees)
Order	FAGALES (forest trees)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Fagus sylvatica ’Purpurea’ is also a member of:
Trees with bark of pH 5.2-6.6 - slightly acid-barked trees (via Fagus)
Trees with bark of low pH - acid-barked trees (via Trees with bark of pH 5.2-6.6)
Trees - broadleaved and coniferous trees (via Trees with bark of low pH)
Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Fagaceae)
Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees - broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees (via Fagales)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved trees)

Records of Fagus sylvatica ’Purpurea’ (Copper Beech) :
1: Fagus sylvatica ’Purpurea’ (Copper Beech)
19 May 2015	OSGR: SD85	54° 0’ N, 2° 20’ W	Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64)	England


2: Fagus sylvatica ’Purpurea’ (Copper Beech)
3 May 2014	OSGR: ST90	50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W	Vice County: Dorset (VC 9)	England
freshly in leaf

3: Fagus sylvatica ’Purpurea’ (Copper Beech)
28 Apr 2014	OSGR: ST90	50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W	Vice County: Dorset (VC 9)	England
Parkland tree, just coming into leaf

4: Fagus sylvatica ’Purpurea’ (Copper Beech)
9 Jun 2001	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
6 "copper" beech seedlings . Photos: Sapling and leaves

Fagus sylvatica ’Purpurea’ (Copper Beech) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Fagus sylvatica
(Beech)

FAGALES
(forest trees)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Fagus sylvatica ’Purpurea’ (Copper Beech)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Fagus sylvatica ’Purpurea’ (Copper Beech)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Fagus sylvatica ’Purpurea’ is also a member of:

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