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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Plant Height: Up to 50 meters in optimum conditions
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Broadleaf
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Shade Tree
Useful for timber production
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Pollinators: Wind
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Oriental Beech

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Location: Howick Hall gardens, Northumberland, England UK 
Date: 2022-05-12
Fagus orientalis
Location: Howick Hall gardens, Northumberland, England UK 
Date: 2022-05-12
Fagus orientalis
Location: Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Date: 2019-11-08
Fagus orientalis.  Distribution:  Eastern Europe and Western Asia
Location: Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Date: 2019-11-08
Trunk branching close to the ground is pretty typical of this spe
Location: Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Date: 2019-11-08
The fall color I saw was still developing in early November.  It

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