Fern-leaf Beech

fagus sylvatica asplenifolia

Plant Data

Order:

Fagales

Family:

Fagaceae (Beech)

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Flowers:

Inconspicuous.

Fruit:

The nuts or 'beech mast' as they are known, are brown, 3-sided and have a tough bristly husk on their outer casing.

Leaves:

Deciduous. The leaves are more linear than the Common Beech and with large, prominent and deeply serrated margins. The leaves are fern-like in appearance after which the tree is named.

Maximum Size:

40 meters tall.

Foraging Notes:

The nuts are edible.
Never consume a wild plant unless you are 100% certain that it is safe to eat and you know that you have identified it correctly.

Other Names:

Cut-leaf Beech, Cut-leaf European Beech.

Habitats:

Gardens, parkland, towns, woodland.