#1535 most planted
Fagus orientalis
Oriental beech
BroadleafDeciduous
33
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
6
cities
1.6 in
median trunk (4 cm, 18 measured)
9.8 yr
median age (52% have a planting date)
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Fagus orientalis, also known as the Oriental beech, is a deciduous tree native to the southeastern Balkans in Europe and Turkey in Western Asia. It is currently categorized as "least concern" in terms of conservation.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 100.02%9.8 yr—
- 90.00%—0.5 in
- 60.00%4.3 yr16 in
- 50.00%5.4 yr6.3 in
- 20.00%—26 in
- 10.00%—2.0 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 1.6 in, mean 11 in, 90th percentile 30 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
- Caucasus mixed forests
- Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
Other Fagus in the catalogue
6 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
