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Fagus sylvatica | Also known as: European beech | Rating: votes| Print / Pdf
The common beech when left to its own devices can reach 50m in height! Alternatively, if you haven’t got that sort of room in your garden, you can shape it into a beautiful hedge.
The common beech when left to its own devices can reach 50m in height! Alternatively, if you haven’t got that sort of room in your garden, you can shape it into a beautiful hedge.
The common beech when left to its own devices can reach 50m in height! Alternatively, if you haven’t got that sort of room in your garden, you can shape it into a beautiful hedge.
Fagus sylvatica is commonly called Common beech or European beech. It's a large deciduous tree that can grow up to 160ft tall. It has yellowy green leaves that turn to reddish brown in the autumn. It has small catkin flowers, then the beechnuts appear. These are eaten by birds and rodents, and historically by humans too, although they can be toxic if too many are eaten. In the 19th Century the nuts were pressed to create oil for cooking and lamp light, and also ground into flour. The timber of the beech tree is very fine and easy to work with so it's often used in the production of furniture.