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Fagus sylvatica L. 1753

Fagaceae (APG IV)
European beech
Taxon concept: Schmeil-Fitschen 2019
Distribution: Europe, Turkey

Fagus sylvatica L. - : Fagus sylvatica L. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Fagaceae (Zander 2008)
Fagus sylvatica L. - Accepted: Fagus sylvatica L. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)
Fagus sylvatica L. - Accepted: Fagus sylvatica L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)
Fagus sylvatica L. - Accepted: Fagus sylvatica L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)
Fagus sylvatica L. - Accepted: Fagus sylvatica L. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)
Fagus sylvatica L. - Accepted: Fagus sylvatica L. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)
Fagus sylvatica L. - Accepted: Fagus sylvatica L. bei World Flora Online; Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)

Flowers
monoecious flowers; male flowers in long-stalked, drooping, globular catkins and female flowers in erect inflorescences
Flower ecology
wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
Life form
woody, tree
Leaves
ciliate
Foliage persistence
deciduous
Fruits
fruit is a triangular nut (beechnut) with two nuts being enveloped in a spiny cupule
Fruit ecology
barochorous and zoochorous (squirrels, rodents, birds)
Soil conditions
preferentially on fresh, percolating, well-drained, sandy-stony, loamy soils of medium depth
Light conditions
shade tree
Root type
deep-rooting plant (heart-shaped root system)
Natural occurrence (habitat)
mesophile mixed deciduous forests, beech forests on limestone, pollarded woods; in summer moist climate sides
Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
temperate, mesophytic broad-leaved deciduous and mixed forests; mainly in the Fagion, but also in Quercion rob., Querco-Fagetea-species
Constraints according soil conditions
not salt tolerant; not tolerant to waterlogged or compacted soil
Usage
as firewood or charcoal; wear resistant wood used for furniture, parquet floors, musical instruments, etc.; beech nuts as food for pigs
Bark
smooth, silver-grey bark

Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN) (1999-2001 and ongoing): Floraweb - Daten und Informationen zu Wildpflanzen und zur Vegetation Deutschlands. www.floraweb.de.;

Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.;

Jäger, E. (Hrsg.) (2011): Rothmaler - Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Gefäßpflanzen: Grundband. Band 2. Springer Spektrum Verlag, 20., neu bearb. u. wesentl. erw. Aufl.: 944 S. 978-3-8274-1606-3.;

Ministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und Forsten, Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.) (1985): Pflanzenkatalog zur Verbesserung der Bienenweide und des Artenreichtums (Kurztitel: Bienenweidekatalog);

Oberdorfer, E. (2001): Pflanzensoziologische Exkursionsflora. Für Deutschland und angrenzende Gebiete. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 8., stark überarb. u. erg. Aufl, 1056 S. 978-3-8001-3131-0.;

Schick, B. & Spürgin, A. (1997): Die Bienenweide. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, Auflage: 4., völlig neubearb. u. erw. A., 216 S. 978-3800174188.;

The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;





Last update:
Taxonomic update: Helmut Dalitz on: 19.7.2021
Update of the description: Christiane Dalitz; Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 4.2.2019

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Sex Standort Accession number Planting year Donation IPEN Lat. Long.