Fagus sylvatica

Fagus sylvatica
Alpine forest (Italy)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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 L.
Distribution map   Fagus sylvatica   Fagus orientalis (syn. F. sylvatica subsp. orientalis)
Synonyms[2]
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

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.^[3]