Tree Guide: Beech

Beech Fagus sylvatica

Deciduous, non-native

Up to 24 metres tall

                                   

Leaves to 10cm long, oval

Flowers both male catkins and female pairs, April-May

Fruit a cup containing one or two nuts

Clay Triple-lines

Cyclophora linearia

 

 

Forewing length 14-16mm

Adults late May-early July

Larva late June-late August

Overwinters as a pupa

 

Coxcomb Prominent

Ptilodon capucina

Forewing length 17-22mm

Adults late April-early September

Larva June-September

Overwinters as a pupa 

Green Silver-lines

Pseudoips prasinana

Forewing length 16-19mm

Adults May-July

Larva July-September

Overwinters as a pupa