Beech - Wikipedia
The fruit of the beech tree, known as beechnuts or mast, is found in small burrs that drop from the tree in autumn. They are small, roughly triangular, and edible, with a bitter, astringent, or mild and nut-like taste.
Beech Trees: Types, Leaves, Bark — Identification Guide …
2024年3月6日 · Beech trees (botanical name Fagus) are tall deciduous shade trees with lime green ovate leaves, creating a dense, rounded crown. All varieties of beech trees produce small clusters of yellow-green flowers, followed by beech tree fruit or beechnuts.
How to Identify the American Beech Tree - Treehugger
2024年8月31日 · The American beech (Fagus grandifolia) is the only species of beech tree native to North America. Before the glacial period, beech trees flourished throughout much of the continent.
Fagus grandifolia - Wikipedia
Beech buds are distinctly thin and long, resembling cigars; this characteristic makes beech trees relatively easy to identify. The tree is monoecious, with flowers of both sexes on the same tree. The fruit is a small, sharply-angled nut, borne in pairs in a soft-spined, four-lobed husk.
How to Grow and Care for American Beech - The Spruce
2023年2月2日 · This massive, long-lived tree with its broad, oval-shaped canopy is normally planted as a shade tree, but it also has ornamental value as a specimen tree for large properties. However, it tends toward shallow broad-reaching roots, so it should be planted well away from hardscape structures.
10 Common Varieties of Beech Trees - The Spruce
2024年1月4日 · Beech trees are favorites the world over, providing shade, great fall foliage, and wildlife value. Learn about ten of the most common beech species.
Beech Tree: Description, Types, and Care Tips - Planet Natural
2024年9月9日 · Beech trees thrive in full sun to partial shade, making them adaptable to various garden settings.
Beech Tree - Forestry.com
2023年10月11日 · American Beech (Fagus grandifolia): Native to eastern North America, the American beech is a tall, slow-growing tree with smooth gray bark and dark green leaves. It produces small, spiky beechnuts and is a significant part of eastern hardwood forests.
American beech | The Morton Arboretum
American beech is a large, graceful native tree, excellent for large, park-like landscapes where it has room to spread its wide, low-growing branches. The massive trunk has beautiful silver-gray bark; the dark green summer foliage turns a golden-bronze in the fall.
Beech | Description, Uses, Nut, & Species | Britannica
2024年11月27日 · Beech, genus of about 10 species of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae native to temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Many are cultivated as ornamentals, and the attractive wood is useful for timber. Learn …