Basisdaten
description:
This beech is native to America (eastern North America), where it is also the only one of its kind that occurs naturally.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Fagus grandiflora
family:
Beech family (Fagaceae)
species:
deciduous tree
height:
up to 30 m (99 ft)
leaf:
The leaves are oblong to oval and are about 10 cm (3.9 in) long. The leaf margin is serrated and the leaf arrangement is alternate. The autumn color is golden yellow to brown.
leaf shape:
oblong
leaf margin:
serrated
leaf position:
alternate
fall foliage:
golden-yellow to brown
flowering:
April - May
blossom color:
greenish
gender distribution:
monoecious / unisexual
fruit:
Prickly crop canopy with two beechnuts. The beechnuts are slightly toxic.
branches:
The branches are brown and the buds are red-brown, narrow, elongated and pointed.
bark:
The bark is grayish and smooth.
root:
Heart-rooting
location:
Sun to partial shade
soil:
sandy - loamy to clayey
ph value:
slightly acidic to alkaline
comment:
In America, this beech is a forest tree, which grows mainly in beech-maple mixed forests. The beechnuts are used by wildlife for food.
Beeches additional information
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