Basisdaten
description:
The round-leaved beech is a grafting of european beech.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Fagus sylvatica 'Rotundifolia'
other name:
Common Beech
family:
beech family (Fagaceae)
species:
deciduous tree
height:
up to 10 m (33 ft)
leaf:
The leaves are dark green and leathery as in the European beech. The leaf shape is round to heart-shaped. The leaf margin is serrated and the leaf arrangement is alternate.
leaf shape:
roundish
leaf margin:
serrated
leaf position:
alternate
fall foliage:
yellow to brown
flowering:
May
blossom color:
green - brown
fruit:
Prickly pericarp with two seeds (beechnuts).
bark:
The bark is silver-gray and smooth.
root:
heart-rooting with flat widely branched roots.
location:
sun to shade
soil:
sandy - loamy to clayey
ph value:
slightly acidic to alkaline
Beeches additional information
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