with withered leaves staying on the tree throughout the winter. Fagaceae as a family is known to produce tannins in its leaves during the fall, giving them a characteristic brown appearance and ...

Similar to American beech, the fruit (a beech nut) is a small nut borne in burrs with soft spines. European beech trees do not begin to produce beech nuts until they are roughly 40 years of age.

The forest will be totally different,” he said. Beech trees, which grow beech nuts, are an important food for bears and deer. Beech is not typically used for timber because it’s already ...