Bøk: The Beech tree

Digital illustration: Fagus sylvatica
from 'visual i botany'

Fagus sylvatica, the European beech or common beech, is a deciduous tree belonging to the beech family Fagaceae, called bøk in Norwegian. It is used as park tree as well as hedges.

Beech tree at Assistentkirkegården, Bergen

Bøkeskogen in Larvik, Norway

Bøkeskogen - The Beech Tree Forest - is Norway’s largest and the world’s most northerly beech tree forest. There are 80-90 registered burial mounds. The largest Iron Age burial ground in Vestfold and one of the largest in Norway is found here.




References:
https://nikisimpson.proimageblogs.com/5-freedom-of-movement-flexibility-in-digital-botanical-illustration/