The Food Beech
Details in Danish
Danish name:
Madbøgen
Alternative Danish names:
Madbøgen - WDPA site ID 336343
English name:
European Beech
Latin name:
Fagus sylvatica subsp. sylvatica
Locality:
Not stated, as the tree grows on private property
Data:
Height : 30 meter
Girth: 7,3 meter
Diameter: 2,32 meter
Maximum age:
325
Status:
unknown
Growth form:
tree, monocormic
Legends:
Madbøgen got its name because the villeinage peasants of Ørbæk Manor had lunch under the tree.
Comments:
Figures from 1965. Probably the thickest beech in Denmark.
Value:
PROTECTED, notable within the country
Web page:
http://protectedplanet.net/sites/336343
Reference:
World Database on Protected Areas 2010
World Database on Protected Areas
http://www.wdpa.org/
Reported by:
Christensen, Knud Ib (07-11-2010)
Validation:
Well documented (07-11-2010)
Images:
© Ingeborg Frederiksen Click
