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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Beech
| image = EuroBeech.jpg
| image_width = 260px
| image_caption = European Beech leaves and cupules
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fagales]]
| familia = [[Fagaceae]]
| genus = '''''Fagus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''[[Fagus crenata]]'' - Japanese Beech 
''[[Fagus engleriana]]'' - Chinese Beech 
''[[Fagus grandifolia]]'' - American Beech 
''[[Fagus hayatae]]'' - Taiwan Beech 
''[[Fagus japonica]]'' - Japanese Blue Beech 
''[[Fagus longipetiolata]]'' - South Chinese Beech 
''[[Fagus lucida]]'' - Shining Beech 
''[[Fagus mexicana]]'' - Mexican Beech or Haya 
''[[Fagus orientalis]]'' - Oriental Beech 
''[[Fagus sylvatica]]'' - European Beech 
}}

'''Beech''' (''Fagus'') is a genus of ten [[species]] of [[deciduous]] [[tree]]s in the family [[Fagaceae]], native to temperate [[Europe]], [[Asia]], and [[North America]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are entire or sparsely toothed, from 5-15 cm long and 4-10 cm broad. The [[flower]]s are small single-sex, wind-pollinated [[catkin]]s, produced in spring shortly after the new leaves appear. The [[fruit]] is a small, sharply 3-angled [[nut (fruit)|nut]] 10-15 mm long, borne in pairs in soft-spined husks 1.5-2.5 cm long, known as cupules. The nuts are edible, though bitter with a high [[tannin]] content, and can be called beechmast.

The '''southern beeches''' ''[[Nothofagus]]'' previously thought closely related to beeches, are now treated in a separate family Nothofagaceae. They are found in [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[New Guinea]], [[New Caledonia]] and [[South America]].

The [[beech blight aphid]] (''Grylloprociphilus imbricator'') is a common pest of beech trees.

==Uses==
The beech most commonly grown as an ornamental tree is the [[European Beech]] (''Fagus sylvatica''), widely cultivated in North America as well as its native Europe. The European species yields a widely used timber, an easy-to-work utility wood.

Beeches are used as food plants by some species of [[Lepidoptera]] - see [[list of Lepidoptera which feed on Beeches]].

Chips of beech wood are used in the brewing of [[Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch)|Budweiser]] [[beer]] to impart a taste similar to that of wood-barrel aging.

<gallery>
Image:Leavessnipedale.jpg|European Beech leaves
Image:Fagus-orientalis.JPG|Oriental Beech leaves
Image:Beech flowers.jpg|Flowers of ''Fagus sylvatica''
Image:BeechTrunk.JPG|Base of a Beech
</gallery>

==External links==
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=112623 Flora of China - ''Fagus'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=112623 Flora of North America - ''Fagus'']
*[http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcb_servlet/checklist?fam=&pub=&gen=Fagus&geog=&spec=&infra=&auth=&pubauth=on&basauth=on&Search=Search&query_type=param_query Kew Checklist - ''Fagus'']

[[Category:Fagaceae]]

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-| common_names = Beech
+|genus=Fagus
-| growth_habit = [[deciduous]] [[tree]]
+|common_name=Beech
-| high = ?   <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
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-| features =     <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
+|image_caption=Fagus sylvatica
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 {{Inc|
 Fagus (ancient Latin name). Fagaceae. Beech. Ornamental trees, chiefly grown for their handsome foliage, good habit and the conspicuous color of the bark; also valuable timber trees. There are marked horticultural forms.
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 ===Pests and diseases===
 The [[beech blight aphid]] (''Grylloprociphilus imbricator'') is a common pest of beech trees.
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 ''[[Fagus orientalis]]'' - Oriental Beech<br/>
 ''[[Fagus sylvatica]]'' - European Beech<br/>
 ==Gallery==
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-{{Taxobox
+__NOTOC__{{Plantbox
-| color = lightgreen
+| name = ''Fagus''
-| name = Beech
+| common_names = Beech
 | image = EuroBeech.jpg
-| image_width = 260px
+| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
 | image_caption = European Beech leaves and cupules
-| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
+| regnum = Plantae
-| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
+| divisio = Magnoliophyta
-| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
+| classis = Magnoliopsida
-| ordo = [[Fagales]]
+| ordo = Fagales
-| familia = [[Fagaceae]]
+| familia = Fagaceae
-| genus = '''''Fagus'''''
+| genus = Fagus
-| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
+}}
-| subdivision_ranks = Species
+{{Inc|
-| subdivision =
+Fagus (ancient Latin name). Fagaceae. Beech. Ornamental trees, chiefly grown for their handsome foliage, good habit and the conspicuous color of the bark; also valuable timber trees. There are marked horticultural forms.
 ''[[Fagus crenata]]'' - Japanese Beech<br/>
 ''[[Fagus engleriana]]'' - Chinese Beech<br/>
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 ''[[Fagus orientalis]]'' - Oriental Beech<br/>
 ''[[Fagus sylvatica]]'' - European Beech<br/>
 <gallery>
 Image:Leavessnipedale.jpg|European Beech leaves
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 Image:BeechTrunk.JPG|Base of a Beech
 </gallery>
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=112623 Flora of China - ''Fagus'']
+*{{wplink}}
-*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=112623 Flora of North America - ''Fagus'']
-*[http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcb_servlet/checklist?fam=&pub=&gen=Fagus&geog=&spec=&infra=&auth=&pubauth=on&basauth=on&Search=Search&query_type=param_query Kew Checklist - ''Fagus'']
+{{stub}}
-[[Category:Fagaceae]]
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