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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Edible to birds
Dehiscent
Other: Edible to people
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Uses: Suitable for forage
Edible Parts: Seeds or Nuts
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Provide darkness
Depth to plant seed: 1 cm
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Seeds are short viable, best to sow direct after ripening
Pollinators: Wind

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Common names
  • Weeping European Beech
  • European Beech

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2016-08-13
Fagus sylvatica ;Pendula', Weeping European Beech, PLTD 1970. Ket
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-05-11
Location: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2016-08-13
Fagus sylvatica ;Pendula', Weeping European Beech, PLTD 1970. Ket
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-06-09

Date: c. 1913
photo from the 1913 catalog, Cherry Hill Nurseries, West Newbury,
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2016-08-13
Fagus sylvatica ;Pendula', Weeping European Beech, PLTD 1970. Ket
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-05-04
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-05-04

Date: 2009-11-11
Photo courtesy of: Ekem
Location: Chicago Botanic Garden
Date: 2014-10-25
Location: Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Date: 2007-04-22
Location: Ghent University Botanical Garden, Belgium
Date: 2015-08-31
Location: Ghent University Botanical Garden, Belgium
Date: 2015-08-31
Location: Hyde Park
Date: 2007-05-17
Photo courtesy of: Ksanyi
Location: Hagenohsen, Germany
Photo courtesy of: Tortuosa
Location: Echteld (Gelderland).
Date: 2012-09-01
Photo courtesy of: Kantletters
Location: Redu (Belgique) - street Saint-Hubert
Date: 2007-06-03
Photo courtesy of: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT

Date: 2009-06-19
Photo courtesy of: 3268zauber

Date: 2015-01-20
Photo courtesy of: 3268zauber

photo credit: Andrzej Otrębski
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125 yr old European Weeping Beech by annmariehuber Apr 30, 2020 8:09 AM 3

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