Mexican beech
The Mexican beech or haya ( Fagus grandifolia subsp. mexicana ) is an endemic subspecies of the North-East of the Mexico, where it meets since the South-east of Tamaulipas until the South of the Hidalgo and of Puebla; it is tiny room to the forests of clouds of high-altitude in Montagne. It is a deciduous tree, reaching between 25 to 40 m in height and which has a trunk of more than one meter in diameter.
The sheets are alternate, simple, with a slightly toothed margin, often smaller than that from the American beech, 5 to 8 m length and 3 to 5 cm broad. The buds are long and thin, measuring 15 to 22 m in length and 2 to 3 mm in width. The flowers are appeared as small kittens which appear shortly after the sheets in spring. The seeds are small faine triangular measuring 10 to 20 mm and 7 to 10 mm in width at the base; there are two faine in each cup, maturing with autumn 6 to 7 months after pollination.
Synonyms
Certain sources present this tree like a subspecies of Fagus grandifolia , just like the American beech. However, it seems that Mexican sources always regard this beech as a species with whole share.-
Fagus mexicana MartÃnez
- Fagus grandifolia VAr. mexicana (MartÃnez) Little
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