Fagus sylvatica
Fagus sylvatica, the European beech or common beech is a large, graceful deciduous tree in the beech family with smooth silvery-gray bark, large leaf area, and a short trunk with low branches.
Fagus sylvatica | |
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Alpine forest (Italy) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Fagaceae |
Genus: | Fagus |
Species: | F. sylvatica |
Binomial name | |
Fagus sylvatica | |
Distribution map Fagus sylvatica Fagus orientalis (syn. F. sylvatica subsp. orientalis) | |
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