Beech
Hardwood timber from trees in the genus Fagus, commercially cut across the temperate forests of Europe, North America and East Asia.
How it connects
Beech is a kind of Hardwood.
Beech includes European beech.
Beech is filed under Wood.
Other kinds of Hardwood: Acacia, Afrormosia, Alder, Angelique, Anigre, Ash, Balau, Balsa, Basswood, Birch, Bubinga, Cherry, Chestnut, Cumaru, Ebony, Elm, Eucalyptus, Garapa, Hickory, Ipe, Iroko, Jatoba, Kempas, Limba, Madrone, Mahogany, Makore, Maple, Merbau, Mesquite, Oak, Padauk, Paulownia, Pear, Poplar, Purpleheart, Rosewood, Rubberwood, Sapele, Sucupira, Sweetgum, Sycamore, Teak, Tigerwood, American tulipwood, Walnut, Wenge and Zebrawood.
In other taxonomies
- BeechUniclass, Ma_60_97_07nearly the same
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
49 terms, Oak to Zebrawood
Narrower than Beech
Record
- Broader
- Hardwood
- Narrower
- European beech
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); USDA Wood Handbook (2021), chapter 2, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/beechKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderHardwoodoutgoing
- narrowerEuropean beechoutgoing
- broaderEuropean beechincoming
- narrowerHardwoodincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Hardwoodoutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Woodoutgoing
- descendant (derived)European beechoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Acaciaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Afrormosiaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Alderoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Angeliqueoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Anigreoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ashoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Balauoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Balsaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Basswoodoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Birchoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Bubingaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Cherryoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Chestnutoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Cumaruoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ebonyoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Elmoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Eucalyptusoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Garapaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Hickoryoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ipeoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Irokooutgoing
- sibling (derived)Jatobaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Kempasoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Limbaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Madroneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mahoganyoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Makoreoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mapleoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Merbauoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mesquiteoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Oakoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Padaukoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Paulowniaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Pearoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Poplaroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Purpleheartoutgoing
This page is bounded; use the public graph endpoint for a larger projection.
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniclass | Ma_60_97_07 | Beech | nearly the same |