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Fagus sylvatica - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 5/2008 © Jörn Germer

Fagus sylvatica - Twig - Click to enlarge!

Twig; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 5/2008 © Jörn Germer

Fagus sylvatica - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 5/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 823
Date of entry: 03.06.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: European Beech

German: Gemeine Buche

Portuguese: Faia-europeia

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fagales (32)

        Family: Fagaceae (23)(family description)

          Genus: Fagus (3)

            Epithet: sylvatica L. (6)

sylvatica => wild not cultivated, growing in woods and forests

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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