Beech is not fully deciduous; it often holds on to some of its dead leaves in winter. That trait is particularly ... term meaning ‘the fruits of the forest’. Two well-known figures in the ...

During the winter, most of our more mature hardwood ... understory add a dab of substance to the mostly bare forest floors.

The interplay between a diversity of environments, climatic gradients and different species gene pools has and continues to shape this high diversity of beech forest communities. These forests contain ...