Via Monte Fasolo Cinto Euganeo 35030 Cinto Euganeo
Il Faggio del Monte Fasolo
Location: Cinto euganeo
It is a tree which lives for a very long time with large, straight trunks, a smooth grey bark and dense foliage. The leaves, arranged in two rows, are a simple oval shape with corrugated edges and it has drooping, inconspicuous flowers. It flowers during April and May.
The great beech tree on the slopes of Monte Fasolo amongst the other beeches, hornbeams, oaks and chestnuts groves, is 18 m tall and the trunk clearly tilts to the west, the result of two trunks combining. The branches form a canopy of foliage above.
In the Euganean Hills, there are also beeches on the northern slopes of Monte Venda and Monte Vendevolo, Monte Madonne, Monte Grande, Monte Rua, Monte Ventolone, Monte Ricco and Monte Cero.
In addition to the beech, other “relics” of the glacial era found in the Euganean Hills include the silver birch (Betula pendula), European blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), the cobweb houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum), the orange lily (Lilium bulbiferum), the martagon lily (Lilium martagon) and the alpine barrenwort (Epimedium alpinum).
Humans have long appreciated the qualities of beech wood, it makes an excellent fuel and raw material for making chairs and small tools. It is particularly good for making handles, so much so that the Venetians used to use it to make the oars for their boats.
The presence of beech trees in the Euganean Hills is linked to the long Ice Age cycles which were a feature of the Quaternary Era (from 1.6 million to 15,000 years ago). It is the most commonly found broad leaf forest tree in the Alps, growing at altitudes of between 700 and 1,400 m. The name in Italian derives from a Greek word meaning “to eat”, relating to the edible fruit which is rich in oil.
It is a tree which lives for a very long time with large, straight trunks, a smooth grey bark and dense foliage. The leaves, arranged in two rows, are a simple oval shape with corrugated edges and it has drooping, inconspicuous flowers. It flowers during April and May.
The great beech tree on the slopes of Monte Fasolo amongst the other beeches, hornbeams, oaks and chestnuts groves, is 18 m tall and the trunk clearly tilts to the west, the result of two trunks combining. The branches form a canopy of foliage above.
In the Euganean Hills, there are also beeches on the northern slopes of Monte Venda and Monte Vendevolo, Monte Madonne, Monte Grande, Monte Rua, Monte Ventolone, Monte Ricco and Monte Cero.
In addition to the beech, other “relics” of the glacial era found in the Euganean Hills include the silver birch (Betula pendula), European blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), the cobweb houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum), the orange lily (Lilium bulbiferum), the martagon lily (Lilium martagon) and the alpine barrenwort (Epimedium alpinum).
Humans have long appreciated the qualities of beech wood, it makes an excellent fuel and raw material for making chairs and small tools. It is particularly good for making handles, so much so that the Venetians used to use it to make the oars for their boats.The presence of beech trees in the Euganean Hills is linked to the long Ice Age cycles which were a feature of the Quaternary Era (from 1.6 million to 15,000 years ago). It is the most commonly found broad leaf forest tree in the Alps, growing at altitudes of between 700 and 1,400 m. The name in Italian derives from a Greek word meaning “to eat”, relating to the edible fruit which is rich in oil.
It is a tree which lives for a very long time with large, straight trunks, a smooth grey bark and dense foliage. The leaves, arranged in two rows, are a simple oval shape with corrugated edges and it has drooping, inconspicuous flowers. It flowers during April and May.
The great beech tree on the slopes of Monte Fasolo amongst the other beeches, hornbeams, oaks and chestnuts groves, is 18 m tall and the trunk clearly tilts to the west, the result of two trunks combining. The branches form a canopy of foliage above.
In the Euganean Hills, there are also beeches on the northern slopes of Monte Venda and Monte Vendevolo, Monte Madonne, Monte Grande, Monte Rua, Monte Ventolone, Monte Ricco and Monte Cero.
In addition to the beech, other “relics” of the glacial era found in the Euganean Hills include the silver birch (Betula pendula), European blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), the cobweb houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum), the orange lily (Lilium bulbiferum), the martagon lily (Lilium martagon) and the alpine barrenwort (Epimedium alpinum).
Humans have long appreciated the qualities of beech wood, it makes an excellent fuel and raw material for making chairs and small tools. It is particularly good for making handles, so much so that the Venetians used to use it to make the oars for their boats.
The presence of beech trees in the Euganean Hills is linked to the long Ice Age cycles which were a feature of the Quaternary Era (from 1.6 million to 15,000 years ago). It is the most commonly found broad leaf forest tree in the Alps, growing at altitudes of between 700 and 1,400 m. The name in Italian derives from a Greek word meaning “to eat”, relating to the edible fruit which is rich in oil.
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