| Engler's beech | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Fagus |
| Species: | F. engleriana
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| Binomial name | |
| Fagus engleriana Seemen ex Diels
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Fagus engleriana, the Engler's beech,[1] also known as Chinese beech, is a species of beech native to central and eastern China (Anhui, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Zhejiang provinces) where it grows in broad-leaved and mixed forests. It can reach 25 m (82 ft) in height.[2]
The shoots are dark brown and hairless. Leaves contain 10–14 vein-pairs and the margin is hairless, deckled and scarcely toothed.
References
- ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 467. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Retrieved 18 December 2018 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ Chengjiu Huang, Yongtian Zhang & Bruce Bartholomew. "Fagus engleriana". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
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