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Also Known As	Fagus

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Large European beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) with dense orange autumn foliage standing alone in a grassy field in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

Sunlight filters through the green leaves of a beech tree, genus Fagus, highlighting their veins and delicate structure.

Deciduous forest

Savernake Forest

Observe the opening of beech leaf buds

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