Fagus sylvatica

 Vernacular names

English: European Beech · Dansk: Bøg · Deutsch: Rot-Buche · Español: Haya · Esperanto: Fago · Français: Hêtre · Hrvatski: Bukva · Íslenska: rauðbeyki° · Italiano: Faggio · Magyar: Bükk · Nederlands: Gewone beuk · 日本語: ブナ · Polski: Buk · Slovenščina: Bukev · Svenska: Bok · Walon: Èsse, Hesse, Faw ·

APG III Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: rosids • Cladus: eurosids I • Ordo: Fagales • Familia: Fagaceae • Genus: Fagus • Species: Fagus sylvatica L. (1753)

Fossil form

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  Fagus sylvatica pliocenica

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Young plants

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Trees and Forests

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  New leaves, Grib Forest, Denmark

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  Autumn leaves in Morlanwelz-Mariemont (Belgium).

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  Autumn leaves in Morlanwelz-Mariemont (Belgium).

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  Autumn leaves in La Hulpe (Belgium).

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  8m cicumference measured in 2007 - Bonnerue (Belgium).

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  "Bøkeskogen" in Larvik, Norway

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  Bosque de hayas en el Monte Saja (Cantabria, España)

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  Different sized beechs

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  Forest in autumn

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  Single tree

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  Melica uniflora in herbal str.

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  Stratification

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  Schinberg, Fricktal, Switzerland

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  Switzerland, snow-covered

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  Northbrandenburg, Germany

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  Northbrandenburg

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  Marburg, Germany

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  Marburg, Germany

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  Marburg, Germany

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  Beech in autumn, Scotland

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  (very low resolution)

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  Fagus Sylvatica in Esneux (Belgium)

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  Fagus Sylvatica in Esneux (Belgium)

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  Autumn leaves in Morlanwelz-Mariemont (Belgium).

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  Beeches in the Sonian Forest.

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  Fetich tree in Jalhay (Belgium).

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  Fetich tree in Jalhay (Belgium).

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  Forest in November

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  Beech forest in the Mátra Mts. (Hungary)

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  Beech forest called Gespensterwald near Rostock (Germany)

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  Beech in Urwald Sababurg 8,83m cicumference measured in 2005

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  old beech in Urwald Sababurg

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  Fagus Sylvatica in Roly (Belgium)

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  Fagus Sylvatica in La Hulpe (Belgium)

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  Fagus Sylvatica in La Hulpe (Belgium)

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  Downview at tree tops. (Poland, Nature reserve Szczyt Wieżyca)

Special growth forms

Hedges

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  Hedge in Solwaster, (Belgium)

See Category:Monschauer Heckenland.

Trees grown from untended hedges

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Hutebaum

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Bonsai

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Roots

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Stems and branches

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  Textura de la corteza

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  Fagus sylvatica var. quercoides

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  Trunk, Beskid Żywiecki, Poland.

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  Dead trunk with fungi

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  Remarkable beech in Bonnerue (Belgium)

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  Remarkable beech in Esneux (Belgium)

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  Beech in Poland

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  Beech in Bystrc

Leaves

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  Leaves with hairs

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  Leaves

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  Young leaf

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  young leaves with hairs

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  Fagus sylvatica, follaje otoñal

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  Leaf in autumn colour

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  Lammas shoot

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  English: Young leaves of a 4 months old european beech
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  English: Young leave of a 4 months old european beech - closeup
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  English: Terminal shoot of a 4 months old european beech
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  'Rohan Weeping'

Flowers

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  Flowers

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  Flowers

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  male flowers (left), female flower (right)

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Cultivars

'Atropunicea'

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  Cultivar 'Atropunicea' foliage, Rogów Arboretum, Poland

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  Rogów Arboretum, Poland (purple trees)

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  Domaine de Mariemont, Belgium

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  Domaine de Mariemont, Belgium

'Asplenifolia'

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  Cultivar Asplenifolia

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  Fagus sylvatica forma asplenifolia

'Atropurpurea pendula'

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'Cristata'

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  Cultivar Cristata in parc de Mariemont.

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  Cultivar Cristata leaves Tree in parc de Mariemont.

'Grandidentata'

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  Cultivar Grandidentata in National Botanic Garden of Belgium.

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  Cultivar Grandidentata leaves in National Botanic Garden of Belgium.

'Pendula'

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  Cultivar Pendula

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  Cultivar Pendula

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  Cultivar Pendula

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  Cultivar Pendula

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  Cultivar Pendula

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  Cultivar Pendula

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'Purpurea'

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  Cultivar Purpurea

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  Cultivar Purpurea

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  Cultivare Purpurea + Dawyck

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  Cv Purpurea/April

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  Cv. Purpurea/June

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  Cv. Purpurea/September

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  The oldest and the biggest in Belgium.

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  Leaves

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  purpurea

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  purpurea

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  purpurea

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  purpurea 'Riversii'

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  Tree in parc de Mariemont.

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  Autumn foliage

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  Autumn foliage

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  Autumn foliage

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'Purpurea pendula'

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'Quercifolia'

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  Fagus Sylvatica 'Quercifolia' in La Plante Park - Namur (Belgium).

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  Fagus Sylvatica 'Quercifolia' leaves in parc de Mariemont.

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  Fagus Sylvatica 'Quercifolia' in parc de Mariemont.

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  Fagus Sylvatica 'Quercifolia' in parc de Mariemont.

'Rohan Trompenburg'

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  Rohan Trompenburg' in Rogów Arboretum

'Rohan Weeping'

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  'Rohan Weeping'

'Roseomarginata'

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  'Roseomarginata' syn. 'Purpurea Tricolor'

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  |'Roseomarginata' syn. 'Purpurea Tricolor'

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  'Roseomarginata' syn. 'Purpurea Tricolor'

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  'Roseomarginata' syn. 'Purpurea Tricolor'

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  Fagus sylvatica 'Roseomarginata' syn. 'Purpurea Tricolor' in Rogów Arboretum

Tortuosa (Dwarf Beech)

See Fagus sylvatica 'Tortuosa'.

Diseases

Mikiola fagi (Cecidomyiidae) galls on foliage

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Hartigiola annulipes galls on foliage

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Rhynchaenus fagi (Orchestes fagi)

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Fungus

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  Kretzschmaria deusta

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  Kretzschmaria deusta

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Canker

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Wood

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  beech-fuelwood, Germany

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Illustrations

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  Original scan

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  Clean version

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  Bukev. (Fágus silvática.)
  Illustration #112 in: Martin Cilenšek: Naše škodljive rastline, Celovec (1892)

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