Fern-leaf Beech

Fagus sylvatica asplenifolia

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

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

Order:

Fagales

Family:

Fagaceae (Beech)

Also in this family:

Common Beech, Copper Beech, English Oak, Evergreen Oak, Red Oak, Sessile Oak, Sweet Chestnut, Turkey Oak

Type:

Deciduous tree

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Maximum Size:

40 metres tall

Habitats:

Gardens, parkland, towns, woodland.

Flower:

Green, no petals

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.

Other Names:

Cut-leaf Beech, Cut-leaf European Beech.

Frequency (UK):

Occasionally seen