Fagus orientalis

Leaves, fruits and trunk of the Orient beech ( Fagus orientalis).

The Oriental beech ( Fagus orientalis) is a tree from the kind of beech (Fagus ). It is closely related to the beech ( F. sylvatica ); sometimes it is used as the subspecies F. sylvatica ssp. orientalis ( Lipsky ) Greuter & Burdet described.

Dissemination

The Oriental beech is found in the mountains of south-eastern Europe, northern Asia Minor, northern Persia and the Caucasus. There she rises to 2000 meters above sea level. NN. It grows in mixed forests with the Nordmann fir, oak and pine trees. To the west of its range hybrids occur with the copper beech. In Central Europe, the Orient- beech planted in city parks.

Description

The Oriental beech reaches stature heights up to 40 meters. It differs from the similar European beech by the coarser, 6 to 12 inches long leaves that are widest elongated elliptical and above the center. You have 7 to 14 pair of lateral nerves. The male flowers are more bell-shaped. The cupula has spatulate widened at the bottom of bristle shed.