COST Action E 52 - vTI - Bund.de

Fig. 1: Map of natural distribution range of Fagus sylvatica (BLADA et al. 2002)
PheNoTyPIc aNd GeNeTIc varIabILITy oF euroPeaN beech IN
romaNIa
Phenotypic variability of European beech population in Romania area was described by Milescu et
al. (196 ) who classified the systematic subunits of Fagus sylvatica as follows: F. sylvatica ssp. europaea
(ssp. sylvatica), F. var. moesiaca sylvatica ssp. orientalis, var. grandifolia and F. sylvatica ssp. taurica,
var. grandifolia.
The ecological units of European beech were defined based on the natural types of beech forests.
After Ienciu (2005) other subunits of European beech had been described, by many authors, based
on the form and structure of the crown, characteristics of leaves, bark and wood and also other traits
as follows:
– F. s. var. pendula Lodd. Catal. (Florescu, Dumitriu-Tătăranu 1960), in Banat Mountains at
800 m, Aleşd, Black Forest (Bihor) (Beldie 1952) and Jerălău Valley (Banat);
– F. s. f. dentata Dalla Torre et Sarnth, in Transylvania at Braşov, in Muntenia at Schitu Goleşti-
Grădiştea Forest (Muscel), (Beldie 1952);
– F. s. var. vulgaris (Dom.) Beldie Syn., the most common in Romania, the most interesting
population from genetic, ecological and productivity points of view being the ones from Beliu,
202