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Fagus sylvatica (common beech)
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| Beech forest stand in winter | F. sylvatica subsp. sylvatica, mature shelterwood stand, 120-years-old, tree height 35 m. Location: southern Germany. | Bernhard Felbermeier | |
| Individual beech tree, summer foliage | F. sylvatica subsp. sylvatica, solitary tree within mixed forest. Age 140 years, height 35 m. Location: southern Germany. | Gudrun Elisabeth Felbermeier | |
| Autumn foliage, mature tree | An open-grown F. sylvatica subsp. sylvatica, age 140-years, height 35 m. Location: southern Germany. | Gudrun Elisabeth Felbermeier | |
| Bark | F. sylvatica subsp. sylvatica, mature tree aged 140 years. | Bernhard Felbermeier | |
| Branch and buds | F. sylvatica subsp. sylvatica branch with long shoots and regular branching pattern. | Gudrun Elisabeth Felbermeier | |
| Terminal bud | F. sylvatica subsp. sylvatica terminal bud on short shoot. | Gudrun Elisabeth Felbermeier | |
| Inflorescences | F. sylvatica subsp. sylvatica flowers. | Gudrun Elisabeth Felbermeier | |
| Leaves | F. sylvatica subsp. sylvatica leaves in spring. | Bernhard Felbermeier | |
| Beech nuts | F. sylvatica subsp. sylvatica beech nuts in cupule. | Gudrun Elisabeth Felbermeier | |
| Beech nut | F. sylvatica subsp. sylvatica beech nut. | Gudrun Elisabeth Felbermeier | |
| Germinating beech nut | F. sylvatica subsp. sylvatica germinating beech nut. | Gudrun Elisabeth Felbermeier | |
| Beech with modified branching | F. sylvatica subsp. sylvatica modified branching pattern, probably caused by air pollution. Location: northern Germany. | Bernhard Felbermeier | |
| Intensive branching | F. sylvatica subsp. sylvatica. This tree, with intensive branching pattern, helps to reduce soil erosion. Location: southern Germany. | Bernhard Felbermeier |
Identity
Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Fagus sylvatica L.
Preferred Common Name
- common beech
Other Scientific Names
- Castanea fagus Scop.
- Fagus hohenackeriana Palib.
- Fagus intermedia nov. spec. col.
- Fagus macrophylla Koidz.
- Fagus moesiaca (K. Maly) Czeczott
- Fagus moesiaca K. Maly
- Fagus orientalis Lipsky
- Fagus silvatica var. asiatica D.C.
- Fagus silvestris Gaertn.
- Fagus taurica Popl.
- Fagus winkleriana Koidz.
International Common Names
- English: European beech; oriental beech
- Spanish: cascojo; faig; haya; haya
- French: fau; fayard; foyard; hetre; hêtre asiatique; hêtre commun; hêtre d'orient
- Russian: buk
- Arabic: zan
- Chinese: ou zhou shan mao ju
Local Common Names
- Denmark: bög
- Germany: Buche; Gemeine Buche; Orientalische Buche; Rot- Buche; Rotbuche
- Greece: oxya
- Iran: raasch
- Italy: faggio; faggio orientale
- Netherlands: beuk; beuken
- Poland: buk zwyczajny
- Sweden: Bok; boken; rädbok
- Turkey: gülgen ag; gürgen ag; kayin ag; kaym
EPPO code
- FAUMO (Fagus moesiaca)
- FAUSO (Fagus sylvatica subsp. orientalis)
- FAUSY (Fagus sylvatica)
Subspecies
- Fagus sylvatica nothosubsp. moesiaca
- Fagus sylvatica subsp. orientalis
- Fagus sylvatica subsp. sylvatica
- Fagus sylvatica subsp. sylvatica var. dawyk
- Fagus sylvatica subsp. sylvatica var. pendula
Trade name
- aceite de haya
- alquitrán de haya
- beech nut
- beech tar
- beech wood
- beech-oil
- bois de hêtre
- buchecker
- Buchenholz
- buchenteer
- buchöl
- faine
- goudron de bois de hêtre
- hayuco
- huile de faines
- madera de haya
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Angiospermae
- Class: Dicotyledonae
- Order: Fagales
- Family: Fagaceae
- Genus: Fagus
- Species: Fagus sylvatica
List of Pests
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Agrilus sulcicollis; Apiognomonia errabunda (anthracnose); Cherry leaf roll virus (walnut ringspot); Cryptococcus fagisuga (beech coccus); Diaporthe eres (apple leaf, branch and fruit fungus); Fomes fomentarius (hoof fungus); Lymantria monacha (nun moth); Mikiola fagi; Phytophthora cambivora (root rot of forest trees); Phytophthora pseudosyringae; Pythium ultimum (black-leg of seedlings); Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (evergreen bagworm); Tremex fuscicornis (Tremex wasp); Xylosandrus germanus (black timber bark beetle)Minor host of:
Armillaria mellea (armillaria root rot); Armillaria ostoyae (armillaria root rot); Bean yellow mosaic virus (bean yellow mosaic); Cydia splendana (chestnut tortrix moth); Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail moth); Fomitopsis pinicola (brown crumbly rot); Gibberella avenacea (Fusarium blight); Heterobasidion abietinum; Heterobasidion annosum; Hylobius abietis (large pine weevil); Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth); Malacosoma neustria (common lackey); Melolontha melolontha (white grub cockchafer); Neonectria ditissima (Nectria canker (apple, pear)); Operophtera brumata (winter moth); Orgyia antiqua (European tussock moth); Otiorhynchus armadillo (armadillo weevil); Phyllactinia guttata (powdery mildew of hardwood trees); Phytophthora cactorum (apple collar rot); Phytophthora gonapodyides; Phytophthora hedraiandra; Phytophthora ramorum (sudden oak death (SOD)); Scolytus intricatus (European oak bark beetle)Wild host of:
Adoxophyes orana (summer fruit tortrix); Eutypa lata (Eutypa dieback); Orthosia cerasi (common quaker); Pratylenchus penetrans (nematode, northern root lesion); Rhododendron ponticum (rhododendron); Xiphinema diversicaudatum (dagger nematode); Xyleborinus saxesenii (fruit-tree pinhole borer); Xyleborus dispar (pear blight beetle)Associated with (not a host):
Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore); Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom)Host of (source - data mining):
Aceria stenaspis; Agriopis aurantiaria; Agriopis marginaria; Amphipyra pyramidea (copper underwing); Antheraea pernyi; Calliteara pudibunda (hop, dog); Cephalcia arvensis; Cryptodiaporthe salicina; Cydia fagiglandana (beech seed moth); Diurnea fagella; Erannis defoliaria (mottled umber moth); Fusarium arthrosporioides (root rot: pea); Ganoderma pfeifferi; Hartigiola annulipes; Hylesinus varius (ash bark beetle); Isotoma notabilis; Isotomiella minor; Kretzschmaria deusta (canker of beech); Neonectria coccinea (bark disease: beech); Operophtera fagata; Phalera bucephala (buff tip moth); Phyllaphis fagi (beech, aphid); Phyllonorycter maestingella; Phytomyza ranunculi; Phytophthora citricola (black hop root rot); Rhynchaenus fagi (weevil, beech flea); Schizophyllum commune (wood rot); Sinodendron cylindricum; Trametes versicolor (wood decay); Trypodendron domesticum; Uraba lugens (eucalypt leaf skeletonizer)Uses List
Top of pageAnimal feed, fodder, forage
- Fodder/animal feed
Environmental
- Agroforestry
- Boundary, barrier or support
- Erosion control or dune stabilization
- Soil improvement
Fuels
- Charcoal
General
- Ornamental
Materials
- Carved material
- Dye/tanning
- Essential oils
- Fibre
- Miscellaneous materials
- Wood/timber
Medicinal, pharmaceutical
- Source of medicine/pharmaceutical
Wood Products
Top of pageBoats
Charcoal
Containers
- Boxes
- Cases
- Crates
- Pallets
Furniture
Lignin products
Other cellulose derivatives
Plastics from wood
Pulp
- Short-fibre pulp
Railway sleepers
Sawn or hewn building timbers
- Carpentry/joinery (exterior/interior)
- Flooring
- For light construction
- Wall panelling
Textiles
Vehicle bodies
Veneers
Wood extractives (including oil)
Wood flour
Wood gas (and other hydrocarbons
Wood hydrolysates
Wood residues
Wood wool
Wood-based materials
- Composite boards
- Fibreboard
- Flakeboard
- Gypsum board
- Hardboard
- Improved wood
- Laminated strand lumber
- Laminated veneer lumber
- Laminated wood
- Medium density fibreboard
- Oriented strand lumber
- Oriented strandboard
- Parallel strand lumber
- Particleboard
- Plywood
- Waferboard
- Wood cement
Woodware
- Brushes
- Cutlery
- Industrial and domestic woodware
- Musical instruments
- Sports equipment
- Tool handles
- Toys
- Turnery