Fagus sylvatica L.
(Beech)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFagus sylvatica (Beech)
GenusFagus (beeches)
FamilyFAGACEAE (forest trees)
OrderFAGALES (forest trees)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Fagus sylvatica (Beech) :
1: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
22 Apr 2015 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Image 1: Crown, with buds just burstingImage 2: Foliage, with buds just burstingImage 3: Foliage, with buds just bursting (2)Image 4: Foliage, with buds just bursting (3)Image 5: Tree with buds just burstingImage 6: Tree with buds just bursting (2)Image 7: TrunkImage 8: Upper trunk, with buds just bursting
2: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
31 Jul 2007 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
with ripening beech mast . Photos: Beech mast
Image 1: Foliage with beech mastImage 2: Foliage with beech mast - close-up
3: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
22 Apr 2007 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Young sapling . Photos: Young sapling
Image 1: Young sapling - top viewImage 2: Young sapling - top view (2)
4: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
18 May 2004 OSGR: SX67 50° 30’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
. Photos: Fresh green foliage in Spring
Image 1: Fresh leaves in springImage 2: Fresh leaves in spring (2)Image 3: Fresh leaves in spring (3)Image 4: Fresh leaves in spring - beside river
5: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
5 May 2003 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
. Photos: Seedlings
Image 1: Seedling - in situ - close-upImage 2: Seedling - in situ - close-up - pale backgroundImage 3: Seedling - just emerged - close-upImage 4: Seedling - oblique view - close-upImage 5: Seedling - top view - close-upImage 6: Cotyledons - top - enlargedImage 7: Cotyledons - under side - enlargedImage 8: Seedlings - enlarged
6: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
7 Jul 2002 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Beech with lammas leaves . Photos: Lammas leaves and Beech mast
Image 1: Lammas and older leaves - uppersidesImage 2: Lammas and older leaves - undersidesImage 3: Lammas leaf - top surface - enlargedImage 4: Lammas leaf - top surface - magnifiedImage 5: Lammas leaf - under surface - magnifiedImage 6: Lammas leaves - under surfacesImage 7: Leaf spray - top surfacesImage 8: Leaf spray - under surfaceImage 9: Leaf spray with lammas leavesImage 10: Leaf spray with ripening mast - uppersideImage 11: Leaf spray with ripening mast - undersideImage 12: Mast - enlargedImage 13: Mast - ripening - enlargedImage 14: Older leaf - top surface - magnifiedImage 15: Older leaf - undersuface - magnified
7: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
14 Jul 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
. Photos: Bark, trunk, foliage
Image 1: BarkImage 2: BoleImage 3: Buttress rootsImage 4: Buttress roots (2)Image 5: CanopyImage 6: Leaf canopyImage 7: LeavesImage 8: Leaves (2)Image 9: LitterImage 10: TrunkImage 11: Trunk (2)Image 12: Trunk (3)Image 13: View up trunkImage 14: View up trunk (2)
8: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
14 Jul 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
. Photos: Bark (normal and scarred by Cryptococcus fagi)
Image 1: BarkImage 2: Bark - close-up
9: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
18 May 1986 OSGR: SO90 51° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: East Glos (VC 33) England
. Photos: Trees with fresh green foliage in Spring
Image 1: Fresh foliageImage 2: Track through Beech woodland with fresh foliageImage 3: Track through Beech woodland with fresh foliage (2)
10: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
5 May 1986 OSGR: SU07 51° 30’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
. Photos: Bare trees in early Spring
Image 1: Group of trees in Spring, as buds swellImage 2: Tree at top of bank with roots exposed, in Spring as buds swellImage 3: Trees on boundary bank, in SpringImage 4: Trees on boundary bank, in Spring (2)Image 5: Trees on slope, in Spring as buds swellImage 6: Trunk, in Spring as buds swell
11: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
27 Apr 1986 OSGR: SO90 51° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: East Glos (VC 33) England
. Photos: Bare tree in early Spring
Image 1: Silhouette in Spring, before buds burstImage 2: Trunk in Spring, before buds burst
12: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
27 Apr 1986 OSGR: SO90 51° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: East Glos (VC 33) England
. Photos: Bare tree in early Spring
Image 1: Trunk in Spring, before buds burst
13: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
26 Apr 1986 OSGR: SU16 51° 20’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
. Photos: Track through bare Beech wood in early Spring
Image 1: Track through Beech woodland in Spring, before buds burstImage 2: Track through Beech woodland in Spring, before buds burst (2)
14: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
20 Apr 1986 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
. Photos: Bare trees in young plantation in early Spring
Image 1: Young plantation - leafless - contra jour
15: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
20 Apr 1986 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
. Photos: Bare trees in early Spring
Image 1: Beech trees in Image 2: Beech trunkImage 3: Beech with ivy growing up itImage 4: Track through Beech woodland in Spring, before buds burst
16: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
25 May 1979 OSGR: SU82 51° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
. Photos: Tree with fresh green foliage in Spring
Image 1: Looking up the trunkImage 2: Tree
17: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
23 Aug 1978 OSGR: NO06 56° 50’ N, 3° 30’ W Vice County: East Perthshire (VC 89) Scotland
. Photos: Tree beside road in high summer
Image 1: Tree
18: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
24 May 1974 OSGR: SE33 53° 50’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
. Photos: Seedling
Image 1: Seedling
19: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
17 May 1970 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
. Photos: Female flowers
Image 1: Female flowers
20: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
25 Apr 1969 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
. Photos: Leaf buds
Image 1: Buds

Identification Works

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Plant Pathology

Webster, J. 1953 Common Pyrenomycetes of Beech wood The Naturalist: 1-16.

Fagus sylvatica (Beech) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 135 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
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