Quarrelwoods Spynie Geo-walk BEECH
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The BEECH TREE is a sturdy and imposing deciduous tree with a short trunk and wide-spreading crown. The bark is normally a light grey in colour and smooth. The leaves are entirely or sparsely toothed, from 5 to 15 centimetre’s (2 to 6 inches) long and 4 to 10 centimetres’ (1.6 to 10 inches) broad. Newly formed leaves are brightly green and covered with hairs. Older leaves lack hairs and they are dark green in colour. Beeches are monoecious, bearing BOTH male and female flowers on the same plant; the female flowers borne in pairs, the male flowers wind-pollinating catkins. They are produced in spring shortly after the new leaves appear. The fruit is a small, sharply three–angled nut, borne singly or in pairs in soft-spine husks, known as cupules. The nuts are edible, though bitter with a high tannin content, and are called beechnuts.
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