Copper Beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea') In front of Taunton Museum.
The leaves of this fine tree flush brownish pink in the spring before turning a dark purple.
Deodar (Cedrus atlantica ssp. deodara), St. Andrews churchyard, Wiveliscombe.
From the western Himalayas and Afghanistan, this tree can be distinguished from the Atlantic and Lebanon cedars by its conspicuously arched, drooping, new shoots.
Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus atlantica ssp. libani), St. Bartholomew's churchyard, Oake.
Planted in about 1860,
this species was introduced to Britain in 1631 and is a common sight in parks, large gardens and churchyards. They have distinctive level upper branches layering out to extensive flat plates of dense foliage.
