Fagus sylvatica (European Beech)

Fagus sylvatica (European Beech)

 

Pronunciation: FAY-gus sil-VAT-ih-kuh
Family: Fagaceae
Plant type: Deciduous Tree
Origin: Europe
Zone: 5
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Mature size
  Height: 22-30 m
  Spread: 15-25 m
Habit: spreading
Form: oval-horizontal, oval-vertical, round
Texture: medium
Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - alkaline, rocky, gravelly, dry, well drained
Landscape uses - specimen tree, fall interest, herb, screen, hedging, windbreak, wildlife food, 
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple, alternate
Shape: elliptic ovate
Size: 5 x 3 cm
Margin: ciliate, undulate, entire
Characteristics: heavily veined, gladular hairs, lustrous, soft flexible, pinnate venation
Colour: green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: Catkin
Colour: not showy, green yellow
Size: 1 cm
Time: April, May
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Fruit type: nut
Colour: brown
Time: september, october
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Stem
Description: smooth
Colour: grey
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Propagation - seed, hardwood cuttings, grafting
Comments - modified taproots, nut is edible, prickly bracts on nut split open, trunk looks like elephant leg
Pests - whooly beech aphids, tent caterpillars

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