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 (2010); Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)
Fagus sylvatica L. - Accepted: Fagus sylvatica L. bei Schmeil-Fitschen 2019; 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

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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;