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Beech

Protohummus Kraatz, Bibi, Hill &

Beech trees are tall and strong with smooth gray bark. Their leaves are shiny and turn golden in the fall. Beech trees provide homes for birds and squirrels.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Beech is known for its strikingly smooth, pale grey bark that often remains uncracked even on old trees. It has distinctive cigar-shaped, pointed reddish-brown winter buds and oval, slightly wavy-edged leaves that turn a brilliant golden-bronze in autumn.

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Beech

Kategorie

Bäume

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Ancient people sometimes ground beechnuts into flour to make bread, especially during lean times.

Beech trees communicate through their roots using a 'wood wide web' of fungi, sharing nutrients!

Look closely at the buds! Beech buds are famously long, narrow, and pointed, like tiny cigars.

The word 'book' comes from an old word for beech, as early writing tablets were made from its wood!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Smooth Guardian Bark

Beech has uniquely smooth bark that makes it difficult for climbing plants to establish, helping it stay healthy and strong.

Fähigkeit

Nutty Feast Maker

Beech trees produce abundant, nutritious 'beechnuts' in mast years, providing a vital food source for many forest animals.

Fähigkeit

Winter Leaf Protector

Some Beeches keep their dry, brown leaves through winter (marcescence), possibly protecting new spring buds from frost.

Maße und Details

Höhe
20-40 m
Canopy Spread
10-20 m
Essbar
Ja
Trunk Diameter
50-150 cm
Lebenserwartung
150-300 Jahre
Fruit Type
Nut
Growth Rate
Mittel
Leaf Type
Deciduous

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Grey Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

eats beechnuts

eats

Wild Boar

Sus scrofa

forages for fallen beechnuts

symbiotic with

Beech Milkcap

Lactarius blennius

forms mycorrhizal associations with roots

eaten by

Red Deer

Cervus elaphus

browses on young leaves and shoots

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Fagus Beech

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Enjoy looking at beech trees from a safe distance and avoid climbing them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Beech?

20-40 m

Was ist der/die/das canopy Spread von Beech?

10-20 m

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Beech?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das trunk Diameter von Beech?

50-150 cm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Beech?

150-300 Jahre

Wo findet man Beech normalerweise?

Forests

Was ist der/die/das fruit Type von Beech?

Nut

Was ist der/die/das growth Rate von Beech?

Mittel

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