Fagus sylvatica L.

FAGACEAE

- Beech family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Fagus sylvatica L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 998 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: European beech

English name: Balkan beech

English name: beech

Italian name: Faggio

Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Fagus sylvatica L. var. atropunicea Weston

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Fagus sylvatica L. var. atropunicea Weston

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Hamamelididae
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Fagus
Species:

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Fagus sylvatica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Paris, XIXÂ° arrondissement, Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Île-de-France, France, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Fagus sylvatica
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Fagus sylvatica
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Fagus sylvatica
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Fagus sylvatica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Vienna, centro cittadino, Hortus Botanicus Vindobonensis, Orto botanico dell'Università di Vienna. , Austria, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Fagus sylvatica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Galzignano Terme, frazione di Valsanzibio, Giardini di Villa Barbarigo, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Fagus sylvatica
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Fagus sylvatica
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Fagus sylvatica
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Fagus sylvatica
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Fagus sylvatica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Verbania Pallanza, Giardini Botanici di Villa Taranto., VB, Piemonte, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Fagus sylvatica
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Fagus sylvatica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Joinville-le-Pont, Arboretum de l'Ecole Du Breuil / Jardin botanique de la Ville de Paris, Francia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (MA, MD, ME, NY, OH, RI, UT), CAN (ON)

Distributional map for Fagus sylvatica L.
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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Fagus sylvatica L. var. atropunicea Weston [153]
2) Falcaria vulgaris Bernh. [670]
3) Falcata comosa (L.) Kuntze [184]
4) Fallopia aubertii (Henry) Holub [266]
5) Fallopia convolvulus (L.) A. Löve [627]
6) Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. ex Torr. [266]
7) Felicia amelloides (L.) Voss [433]
8) Fellhanera subtilis (Vezda) Diederich & Serusiaux [276]
9) Fernaldia pandurata (A. DC.) Woodson [370]
10) Ferocactus hamatacanthus (Muehlenpf.) Britton & Rose var. sinuatus (A. Dietr.) L.D. Benson [239]

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