“Copper” beech has red-brown leaves and a very large canopy ... Similar to American beech, the fruit (a beech nut) is a small nut borne in burrs with soft spines. European beech trees do not begin to ...

has won the 2024 European Tree of the Year contest. The monumental common beech tree grows in an old park in the University of Wroclaw's botanical garden. It's the third Polish tree in a row to win.