European beech
Fagus sylvatica
In Dutch: Beuk
TreesCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 24 to 30 m
- Spread
- More than 8 m; 25 to 30 m when grown freely
- Full grown after
- 20 to 50 years
- Sun
- Sun to partial shade
- Soil
- Holds moisture but drains well, ideally loam
- Water
- Average: not too wet and not too dry
- Maintenance
- Low: prune a free-standing tree only when needed
- Flowers
- April and May, inconspicuous, yellow and green
- For bees
- Little: the wind pollinates the flowers
- Hay fever
- Moderately allergenic, April and May
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- Nuts: harmful if you eat a lot of them
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €1.50 to €2.20 each, 60-80 cm, bare-root
- Price, grown
- About €22 to €24 each, 150-200 cm, in a pot or with a root ball
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to November
- Flower
- April to May
- Fruit
- August to October