Beech Family

2011-02-20 Upper Austria, district Rohrbach (mixed forest, 845 m AMSL).Leaves in winter: especially on younger beeches leaves tend to remain on the trees till mid-winter or even early spring.German name: Rot-Buche

Tambre, Veneto, Italy

Borgo Valsugana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

2013-01-20 Vienna, district XVI. - Gallitzinberg = Wilhelminenberg = PredigtstuhlGerman name: Rot-BucheFagus sylvatica trees also dominate the background, with only a very few other tree species mixed in (especially but not only Carpinus betulus).Not even natives know which name of this hill is the 'proper' one, says German Wiki - which is also my personal experience, all three names are used.This is the region mostly affected by sleety rain some weeks ago.Nicht einmal die Einheimischen sind sich sicher, welcher der drei Namen fr diesen Berg der "richtige" ist, heisst es in der deutschen Wiki - und das passt zu meiner persnlichen Erfahrung, alle drei Namen sind in lebendigem Gebrauch.Das ist brigens auch jener Hhenzug, der vom gefrierenden Regen von vor einigen Wochen am strksten betroffen war - Spuren davon kann man immer noch im Wald finden.

The Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses (UK)

Pian del Cansiglio - Tambre (BL)

Arfons, Midi-Pyrenees, France

2013-01-20 Vienna, district XVI. - Gallitzinberg = Wilhelminenberg = PredigtstuhlGerman name: Rot-BucheSee also comments here - fr weitere Informationen bitte hier klicken.

Guildford, England, United Kingdom

2011-03-13 Vienna XIII. district (Lainzer Tiergarten - beech/hornbeam/oak-forest, ~275 m AMSL).Note barks - hornbeam (the big one, centre-front), and beech (background - grey, smooth bark).German names: Edel-Hainbuche, Rot-Buche

2011-10-23 Lower Austria, district Melk - Ysperklamm (800 msm Quadrant 7656/3).German name: Rot-Buche + Gewhnlich-Fichte

2010-11-10 Lower Austria, district Baden (Peilstein range, ~540 m AMSL, looking down a good 100 metres to the valley below).On limestone cliffs, with mixed forest below (naturally beech-black pine forest but with larch and spruce mixed in which aren't native to this habitat).German name (of the pine tree): (sterreichische) Schwarz-Fhre

2011-01-02 Lower Austria, district Mdling (Eichkogel Kaltenleutgeben, 410 m AMSL).In winter, especially small trees often do not shed all their (dry) leaves.

Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erlauterndem Texte :.Gera-Untermhaus :Fr. Eugen Kohler,[1883-1914].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303624

2011-03-13 Vienna XIII. district (Lainzer Tiergarten - beech/hornbeam/oak-forest, ~275 m AMSL).Note barks - oak (front centre, and front right hand side), hornbeam (the smaller ones front left & right just behind the oak), and beech (the fat ones further back, with grey, smooth bark).German names: Trauben-Eiche, Edel-Hainbuche, Rot-Buche

2011-03-13 Vienna XIII. district (Lainzer Tiergarten - beech/hornbeam/oak-forest, ~275 m AMSL).Note barks - oak (front left), hornbeam (front left just behind the oak), and beech (most trees in the background - grey, smooth bark).German names: Trauben-Eiche, Edel-Hainbuche, Rot-Buche

This is one of my favorite stands of Quercus gambelii. This clone is on a north-facing slope and therefore receives a little more moisture and shade allowing it to become somewhat more aborescent than the scrub oak forms that are more exposed higher on the ridge above (with even taller, arborescent oaks present in the drainage at the bottom of this slope). A portion of the oaks just above this, i.e. to the right of this view) and closer to the ridge were burned about twelve years ago (from a lightning strike) but these plants were not directly impacted by that event. The plants are slow growing and their ability to expand vegetatively is a big part of their success although new plants do germinate from acorns and have been observed on the adjoining slope, but seedling survival rate (as with many/most plant species) is low. Because they spread via rhizomes it is difficult to determine how old a given clone might be. Individuals are thought to be able to live for 150+ years. But the clone it is connected to persists for a much longer time (assuming it is isn't damaged by the activities of people). USGS images show that this and adjoining clones were at this precise location in Feb. 1970 and they really have not changed/expanded much in the past 43 years. Some individuals then in this clone are conservatively probably at least 75 years old and probably much more; Gambel's oak clones have been likely growing on this slope for thousands of years.To the credit of some of the residential development (and residents) in the Olympus Cove area including around Oakridge Elementary, some significant stands of Gambel's oak have been preserved. Below the shoreline levels, however, they have been mostly not as well preserved yet they make excellent landscape plants. When found in suburbia, they should be retained and not exterminated. Digging should not occur within a wide perimeter around them.Gambel's oak is highly variable and while it can grow in completely open places, it tends to like a little bit of protection from the elements. Jan. 28, 2013, approx. 4865 ft. elev., Olympus Hills Park, Salt Lake County, Utah

Quercus gambelii, Bear Canyon, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, May 26, 2014