| Fagus sylvatica
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| Alpine forest (Italy)
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Angiosperms
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Eudicots
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Rosids
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| Order:
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Fagales
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Fagaceae
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| Genus:
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Fagus
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| Species:
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F. sylvatica
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| Binomial name
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Fagus sylvatica
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Distribution map
Native
Introduced and naturalised
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| Synonyms
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- 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 deciduous tree in the beech family with smooth silvery-grey bark, large leaf area, and a short trunk with low branches. It is native to much of Europe, growing in humid climates.
The species is cultivated as an ornamental. Although slightly toxic due to the tannins and alkaloids they contain, the nuts are consumed by animals and humans. The trees are also used for timber.