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The Wrack is the Wells Reserve blog, our collective logbook on the web.
Some say it's a copper beech, but the family that planted it and watched it grow for decades called it a purple beech. Who's right?
Appearing as wide as it is tall, the Wells Reserve's copper beech tree is a dominant presence. As befits a tree with such stature, the Reserve's beech has an interesting cultural and natural history.