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SPECIMEN TREES ON THE EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CAMPUS: A WALKING TOUR

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28. European Blue Beech (Carpinus betulus) is not related to the true beech, although the bark is very similar. The trunk, however, is seldom round as in beeches, but rather bears protruding ribs called flutes.
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Detail images courtesy UConn Plant database
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