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As extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beech

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Beech(Fagus) is agenusofdeciduoustreesin the familyFagaceae, native to temperateEurope,AsiaandNorth America.

Recent classification systems of the genus recognizesten to thirteen species in two distinct
subgenera,EnglerianaandFagus.TheEnglerianasubgenus is found only in East Asia, and is notably distinct from
theFagussubgenus in that these beeches are low-branching trees, often made up of several major trunks with yellowish
bark.
The common European beech (Fagus sylvatica) grows naturally inDenmark, southernNorwayandSwedenup to about the

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57th 59th northern latitude. The most northern known naturally growing (not planted) beech trees are found in a few

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small forests around the city ofBergenon the west coast of Norway with theNorth Seanearby. Near the city ofLarvikis

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the largest naturally occurringbeechforest in Norway. Planted beeches are grown much farther north along the
Norwegian coast.

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There is some research suggesting that early agriculture patterns supported the spread of beech in continental Europe.

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Research has linked the establishment of beech stands in Scandinavia and Germany with cultivation and fire disturbance,

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i.e. early agricultural practices. Other areas which have a long history of cultivation, Bulgaria for example, do not exhibit
this pattern, so it is as yet unclear how much human activity has influenced the spread of beech trees.
As a naturally growing forest tree, it marks the important border between the European deciduous forest zone and the
northern pine forest zone. This border is important for both wildlife and fauna and is a sharp line along the Swedish
western coast, which gets broader toward the south. In Denmark and in Scania, at the southernmost peak of the
Scandinavian peninsula, south-west of the naturalSpruceboundary, its the most common forest tree. In Norway, the
beech migration was very recent, and the species has not reached its distribution potential. Thus, the occurrence of oak in
Norway is used as an indicator of the border between the temperate deciduous forest and the boreal spruce pine
forest.
F. sylvaticais one of the most common hardwood trees in north central Europe, in France alone comprising about 15% of
all non-conifers.
For more information on the general properties of Beech wood and Beech forests, click on the link below.
http://surfaces.prospecsurfaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Properties-of-beech-wood.pdf

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