| Description | A narrow upright red leaf beech. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (FA-gus)(sil-VAT-i-ka) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, avoid wet areas |
| Soil & Site | preferrs well drained, average, avoid compact soils |
| Flowers | inconspicuous, monoecious, male and female flowers separate on the same tree |
| Fruit | triangular nut enclosed in a spiky 4-lobed involucre, contains 2 nuts |
| Leaves | dark purple dissected leaves |
| Cultivar Origin | Originated as a seedling of F. Dawyck pollinated by F. Rohani in Rotterdam Holland by Dick van Hoet Smith. |
| Misc Facts | Genus name is derived from Greek phegos (beech) or phago-(eating) component, and is the Latin name for 'beech tree'. Sylvatica means 'wild, of or from woods or forests'. (#145) |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), #145-Plant Lives (Sue Eland) www.plantlives.com |
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