Adress
Square Van Bever / Van Beversquare
Uccle / Ukkel
GPS coordinates :
50.7838
, 4.3814
Scientific inventory
Identity
Category :
Arbre remarquable
Latin name :
Fagus sylvatica
French name :
Hêtre commun, hêtre d’Europe
Dutch name :
Beuk
English name :
European beech, common beech
Family :
Fagaceae
Height :
29 m
Targeted height :
This species can grow up to 35 m
Diameter of the crown :
23 m
Trunk circumference :
470 cm, but that’s cheating slightly (411 at a height of 1 m)
Expected circumference :
800 cm
Expected longevity :
Can live for 350 years
Origin / Indigenous
Europe
Favorite soil :
All soils, not very demanding
Favorite climate
Cool and temperate, humid environment, sensitive to drought
Usefulness and services of the tree :
Enhances the landscape :
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Enhances the biodiversity :
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Provide oxygen :
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Purify the air :
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Filter the water :
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Prevents flooding :
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Stores carbon :
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Softens the climate :
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Limits soil erosion :
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Does good, heals :
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Illustrated botany © Wikimedia Commons - Köhler's Medicinal Plants 1887
