Beech Nut

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The beech tree is any of several different types of trees, especially about 10 species of deciduous ornamental and timber trees constituting the genus Fagus in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. About 40 species of superficially similar trees, known as false beech (Nothofagus), are native to cooler regions of the Southern Hemisphere. A beech of the family Fagaceae is tall, round-headed, and wide-spreading, with smooth, steel-gray bark and alternate, toothed, parallel-veined, shiny green leaves. Yellow-green male flowers hang from threadlike stems; the female flowers, usually in pairs on short, hairy stems on the same tree, develop into prickly burs enclosing three-sided, sweet-flavoured nuts. This image shows a prickly beech bur and a beech nut.

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Size: 5034px × 3370px
Location: derbyshire, england
Photo credit: © Victor George / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: beech, beechnut, bur, burs, edible, fagaceae, fagus, fruits, nut, seed, seeds