Close-up On The Golden Yellow Leaves And Branches Of The European Beech Fagus Sylvatica With Blue Sky Background. Stock Image

Close-up on the golden yellow leaves and branches of European beech or common beech Fagus Sylvatica reflecting on a lake surface with dark shadows. End of October, Leipzig, Germany. Fagus sylvatica, the European beech or common beech is a deciduous tree belonging to the beech family Fagaceae. The natural range extends from southern Sweden to northern Sicily, west to France, southern England, northern Portugal, central Spain, and east to northwest Turkey, where it intergrades with the oriental beech Fagus orientalis, which replaces it further east. European beech is a very popular ornamental tree in parks and large gardens in temperate regions of the world.