#1956 most planted
Fagus engleriana
Engler's beech · also Chinese beech
Broadleaf
13
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
4
cities
8.2 in
median trunk (21 cm, 13 measured)
12 yr
median age (85% have a planting date)
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Fagus engleriana, also known as Engler's or Chinese beech, is a species native to central and eastern China. It grows in broad-leaved and mixed forests and can reach up to 25 meters (82 feet) in height.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 90.01%4.3 yr8.2 in
- 20.00%—2.0 in
- 10.00%—12 in
- 10.00%—5.6 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Mature height
- 82 ft
Trunk diameters across every city: median 8.2 in, mean 7.3 in, 90th percentile 11 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
Other Fagus in the catalogue
6 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
