Fagus silvatica, L.

The deciduous beech of Britain, of most other parts of Europe and extra tropical Asia, and as Fagus ferruginea, Ait. in a particular variety, extending through North America. The trunk has been measured in height 118 feet, the head 850 feet in diameter; the wood is hard, extensively used by joiners and ship-builders. An allied Beech, Fagus Sieboldii, Endl., occurs in Japan. All these could here be grown to advantage only in our springy mountain forests.