The beech tree is a guarantor of order, satiety and strength in its environment

The beech tree surpasses all other breeds in hardness, therefore among ancient Druids it is considered a symbol of indestructibility and strength. According to the horoscope of this people, the beech tree controls the day winter solstice. It falls on December, approximately on the 21st or 22nd day, depending on the particular year. The mission of people born these days is to establish and maintain a clear order.

Дерево бук в растительном мире является a relative of another sturdy fellow with whom Russian folklore loves to compare strong and enduring people - the oak. The opinion of the Czechs in this matter is slightly different. For them, a powerful and slender tree beech is the standard of strength and beauty. And to argue with this is not necessary.

Let's pay attention to the height and width,which reaches beech – tree. The photo attached to this article demonstrates its greatness well. Suffice it to say that in height it reaches forty meters, and it can expand to its long life spanning four hundred years and older, up to two meters or more. Its trunk thickens constantly, regardless of age. At the same time, it continues to grow up to eighty years, and maturity begins at sixty, when fruiting begins. True, in cases where the beech tree grows apart, the properties associated with the continuation of the genus, it begins to manifest earlier. Then his nuts can be seen in forty or even twenty years.

They ripen in thorny boxes.Seeds have a triangular shape. Their taste is very pleasant, reminiscent of cedar kernels. Only forest dwellers know that beech nuts must be eaten with caution. Their seed is covered with a thin film containing poison, so they are collected in the woods and carried home, where after a simple heat treatment - roasting in a hot frying pan - they go over both cheeks, because it is a highly nutritious and healthy product. In addition, they are very tasty!

If we are already talking about reproduction, then it is appropriateadd the first flowers on the beech appear at the end of spring. First, bloom male inflorescences. Women - in about a week. Beech pollen is sticky, so heavy. She is picked up by gusts of wind and transferred to the pistils of female flowers. After pollination, the nuts develop slowly, until autumn. Then the tree gently strews the ground with its foliage. And on this litter dumping fruit. And from above covers them like a blanket with a new layer of fallen leaves. So the nuts are saved from frost and hibernate in comfortable conditions.

In the Middle Ages in Western Europe often happeneddifficult and hungry times. Beech nuts saved people from death. Therefore, the well-known world-renowned scientist Karl Linney called this tree “Feeding” (Fagus) in his works. And it is right. After all, beech feeds almost all the inhabitants of the wild nature. Thanks to his nuts in the winter and early spring, when it is difficult to feed, not only all small rodents, such as rabbits, squirrels and wild boars, escape from death, but also deer, moose and bears.

The powerful crown of this tree forms a deciduousa cover covering an area of ​​a thousand square meters or more, which provides excellent protection against dust and gas pollution, as well as abundant humidification of the air, ensuring the environment clean and tidy.