Taxon:
Fagus sylvatica L. subsp. sylvatica
Summary
Verified:
05/17/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
- Denk, T. 1999. The taxonomy of Fagus in western Eurasia. 2: Fagus sylvatica subsp. sylvatica. Feddes Repert. 110:379-410. URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291522-239Xb/issues
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Fagus+sylvatica+subsp.+sylvatica&quantity=1
- Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
- Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) Note: lists as "silvatica"
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
Common names
English
common beech – European beech –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | | w. |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Czech Republic | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Netherlands | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Poland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Slovakia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Denmark | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Norway | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | England | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bosnia and Herzegovina | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Croatia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sicily |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Montenegro | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | North Macedonia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Serbia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Slovenia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | incl. Corsica |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Asia-Temperate
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark, United Kingdom [England], Norway, Sweden
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Ukraine (w.)
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sicily), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France (incl. Corsica)
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Materials | wood | | Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature |