Fagus crenata: Country Or Region Of Origin
Japan
Plant Profile: Fagus crenata
Names
Japanese Beech
Phonetic Spelling:FAG-us kre-NAY-tuh
Genus:Fagus
Species:crenata
Family:Fagaceae
This tree is deciduous, featuring alternate, simple leaves that have a serrated edge with one tooth corresponding to each secondary vein. Its flowers are small and not very noticeable, while the fruit is a three-angled nut encased in a lightly spiny husk.
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#deciduous
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Fagus crenata Feature Summary
Attributes
Forest or natural area in rich woods; landscape as cultivated tree
EDIBLE PARTS: Nutmeats, in small quantities, edible raw or cooked. Young leaves can be cooked for greens in the spring. SAFE HAN
Fruit
A 3-angled nut inside of a weakly spiny husk.
Bark
smooth
Light Gray
Poisonous to Humans
Stomach upset
Saponic glycoside
Seeds
Whole Plant Traits
Tree
Poisonous
Deciduous
Rounded
Dense
Medium
Cultural Conditions
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
Good Drainage
4a
4b
5b
5a
6a
6b
7a
7b
Clay
High Organic Matter
Loam (Silt)
Leaves
Deciduous
Green
Brown/Copper
Gold/Yellow
Simple
Alternate
Ovate
Serrate
3-6 inches
Stem
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Fagus crenata Attributes
Fagus crenata: Distribution
Forest or natural area in rich woods; landscape as cultivated tree
Fagus crenata: Edibility
EDIBLE PARTS: Nutmeats, in small quantities, edible raw or cooked. Young leaves can be cooked for greens in the spring. SAFE HAN
Fagus crenata Fruit
Fagus crenata: Fruit Description
A 3-angled nut inside of a weakly spiny husk.
Fagus crenata Bark
Fagus crenata: Bark Description
smooth
Fagus crenata: Bark Color
Light Gray
Fagus crenata Poisonous to Humans
Fagus crenata: Poison Symptoms
Stomach upset
Fagus crenata: Poison Toxic Principle
Saponic glycoside
Fagus crenata: Poison Severity
High
Low
Medium
Fagus crenata: Causes Contact Dermatitis
No
Yes
Fagus crenata: Poison Part
Bark
Flowers
Fruits
Leaves
Roots
Sap/Juice
Seeds
Stems
Fagus crenata Whole Plant Traits
Fagus crenata: Plant Type
Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower
Fagus crenata: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Fagus crenata: Habit/Form
Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping
Fagus crenata: Texture
Fine
Medium
Coarse
Fagus crenata Cultural Conditions
Fagus crenata: Light
Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Fagus crenata: Soil Drainage
Frequent Standing Water
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasional Flooding
Occasionally Dry
Occasionally Wet
Very Dry
Fagus crenata: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone
4a
4b
5a
5b
6a
6b
7a
7b
Fagus crenata: Soil Texture
Clay
High Organic Matter
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Shallow Rocky
Fagus crenata Leaves
Fagus crenata: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Fagus crenata: Leaf Color
Green
Fagus crenata: Deciduous Leaf Fall Color
Brown/Copper
Gold/Yellow
Fagus crenata: Leaf Type
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Fronds
Needles
Sheath
Simple
Fagus crenata: Leaf Arrangement
Alternate
Opposite
Other/more complex
Rosulate
Whorled
Fagus crenata: Leaf Shape
Acicular
Auriculate
Cordate
Cuneate
Deltoid
Elliptical
Filiform
Lanceolate
Linear
Oblanceolate
Oblong
Obovate
Obtuse
Orbicular
Ovate
Palmasect
Palmatifid
Peltate
Pinnatifid
Pinnatisect
Reniform
Rhomboidal
Spatulate
Subcordate
Subulate
Fagus crenata: Leaf Margin
Crenate
Crenulate
Dentate
Denticulate
Doubly Crenate
Doubly Dentate
Doubly Serrate
Entire
Lobed
Serrate
Sinuate
Undulate
Fagus crenata: Hairs Present
No
Yes
Fagus crenata: Leaf Length
< 1 inch
1-3 inches
3-6 inches
> 6 inches
Fagus crenata Stem
Fagus crenata: Stem Is Aromatic
No
Yes
