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Fagus grandifolia is a large deciduous tree [6] growing to 16–35 metres (52–115 feet) tall, [7] with smooth, silver-gray bark.The leaves are dark green, simple and sparsely-toothed with small teeth that terminate each vein, 6–12 centimetres (2 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches) long (rarely 15 cm or 6 in), with a short petiole.
The European beech (Fagus sylvatica) is the most commonly cultivated, although few important differences are seen between species aside from detail elements such as leaf shape. The leaves of beech trees are entire or sparsely toothed, from 5–15 centimetres (2–6 inches) long and 4–10 cm (2–4 in) broad. The bark is smooth and light gray.
Copper beech in autumn Shoot with nut cupules. Fagus sylvatica is a large tree, capable of reaching heights of up to 50 metres (160 feet) tall [4] and 3 m (10 ft) trunk diameter, though more typically 25–35 m (82–115 ft) tall and up to 1.5 m (5 ft) trunk diameter.
Two of my favorite spring plants, almost entirely based upon their progression from bud to leaf, are beech trees and false hellebore.
The Fagaceae (/ f ə ˈ ɡ eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /; from Latin fagus 'beech tree') are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species. [2] Fagaceae in temperate regions are mostly deciduous, whereas in the tropics, many species occur as evergreen trees and shrubs.
Shoots, leaves, and cupules of N. obliqua Southern beech trees in New Zealand The Nothofagus plant genus illustrates the distribution on fragments of the old supercontinent Gondwana: Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Argentina, and Chile. Fossils show that the genus originated on Gondwana.
Several trees normally have marcescent leaves such as oak (Quercus), [5] beech (Fagus) and hornbeam (Carpinus), or marcescent stipules as in some but not all species of willows . [6] All oak trees may display foliage marcescence, even species that are known to fully drop leaves when the tree is mature. [7] Marcescent leaves of pin oak (Quercus ...
The weeping beech, Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula', is a cultivar of the deciduous European beech. [1] The original tree was found in the grounds of an English park, and it has been propagated by grafting , then many distributed widely.