| Fagus sylvatica |
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| Alpine forest (Italy) |
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| 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
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Distribution map
Native
Introduced and naturalized |
| Synonyms |
- Castanea fagus Scop.
- Fagus aspleniifolia (Dum.Cours.) Raf.
- Fagus comptoniifolia Desf.
- Fagus cuprea Hurter ex A.DC.
- Fagus echinata Gilib.
- Fagus incisa Dippel
- Fagus laciniata A.DC.
- Fagus purpurea (Aiton) Dum.Cours.
- Fagus purpurea var. roseomarginata Cripps
- Fagus purpurea tricolor (Simon-Louis ex K.Koch) Pynaert
- Fagus sylvatica var. aenea Dum.Cours.
- Fagus sylvatica var. albovariegata Weston
- Fagus sylvatica f. albovariegata (Weston) Domin
- Fagus sylvatica var. aspleniifolia Dum.Cours.
- Fagus sylvatica f. aspleniifolia (Dum.Cours.) C.K.Schneid.
- Fagus sylvatica var. atropunicea Weston
- Fagus sylvatica f. atropunicea (Weston) Domin
- Fagus sylvatica f. aureovariegata C.K.Schneid.
- Fagus sylvatica f. bornyensis Simon-Louis ex Beissn.
- Fagus sylvatica var. cochleata Dippel
- Fagus sylvatica var. colorata A.DC.
- Fagus sylvatica var. coriacea Wallr.
- Fagus sylvatica var. cristata Dum.Cours.
- Fagus sylvatica f. cristata (Dum.Cours.) Schelle
- Fagus sylvatica f. fastigiata Simon-Louis ex K.Koch
- Fagus sylvatica var. foliis-striatis Dippel
- Fagus sylvatica var. grandidentata Dippel
- Fagus sylvatica var. heterophylla Loudon
- Fagus sylvatica var. laciniata Vignet
- Fagus sylvatica f. laciniata (Vignet) Domin
- Fagus sylvatica var. latifolia Loudon
- Fagus sylvatica f. luteovariegata (Weston) Domin
- Fagus sylvatica var. luteovariegata Weston
- Fagus sylvatica var. miltonensis A.Henry
- Fagus sylvatica pendula (Dum.Cours.) Lodd.
- Fagus sylvatica var. pendula Dum.Cours.
- Fagus sylvatica f. pendula (Dum.Cours.) Schelle
- Fagus sylvatica pendula-purpurea Graebener
- Fagus sylvatica var. purpurea Aiton in Hortus Kew. 3: 362 (1789)
- Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea (Aiton) Schelle
- Fagus sylvatica purpurea-latifolia Jacob-Makoy
- Fagus sylvatica purpurea-pendula Van Geert
- Fagus sylvatica var. purpureopendula H.Jaeger
- Fagus sylvatica f. purpureopendula (H.Jaeger) Rehder
- Fagus sylvatica var. pyramidalis Dippel
- Fagus sylvatica f. quercifolia C.K.Schneid.
- Fagus sylvatica var. quercifolia (C.K.Schneid.) Geerinck
- Fagus sylvatica var. quercoides Pers.
- Fagus sylvatica f. quercoides (Pers.) Aug.DC.
- Fagus sylvatica var. remillyensis (Simon-Louis) A.Henry
- Fagus sylvatica remillyensis Simon-Louis
- Fagus sylvatica f. retroflexa Dippel
- Fagus sylvatica rohanii Körb.
- Fagus sylvatica f. rohanii (Körb.) C.K.Schneid.
- Fagus sylvatica f. roseomarginata (Cripps) Domin
- Fagus sylvatica f. roseomarginatis Dippel
- Fagus sylvatica rotundifolia Jackman
- Fagus sylvatica f. rotundifolia (Jackman) Rehder
- Fagus sylvatica f. salicifolia Dippel
- Fagus sylvatica var. sanguinea Amo
- Fagus sylvatica subsp. Sanguinea (Amo) Arcang.
- Fagus sylvatica var. suentelensis Schelle
- Fagus sylvatica var. suntalensis Beissn.
- Fagus sylvatica var. tortuosa Pépin
- Fagus sylvatica proles tortuosa (Pépin) Rouy
- Fagus sylvatica f. tortuosa (Pépin) Hegi
- Fagus sylvatica f. tricolor Simon-Louis ex K.Koch
- Fagus sylvatica var. variegata Dippel
- Fagus sylvatica var. vulgaris Aiton
- Fagus sylvatica var. zlatia Späth ex E.Goeze
- Fagus sylvatica f. zlatia (Späth ex E.Goeze) Schelle
- Fagus sylvestris Gaertn.
- Fagus tortuosa (Dippel) F.Boden
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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.