beech tree 

Distinctive features

1. Oval shaped leaf with a wavy edge and pointed tip.

2. The fruit of the beech tree are triangular, pyramid shaped nuts (usually two) encased in a spikey husk.

To remember the distinctive and main features of a beech tree, use the following mnemonic:

The oval shaped leaf should remind you of the Oval Office in the American White House. Standing there in his beech (beech tree) wear is the President of the United States waving at you (leaf has wavy edges) and his other hand is pointing the tip of a stick (leaf has pointed tip). His hair on his nut (slang for head) is spikey and triangular (fruit is triangular shaped nuts, encased in spikey husks).

Note: Beech tree nuts are called mast.

To remember that the nuts are called mast, use the following mnemonic:

While the President of the United States is waving, can you see the mast (mast) of a ship go by the windows.

Main Features of a Beech Tree.

1. The leaves are oval shaped with wavy curved edges and a pointed tip.

2. The fruit of the beech tree are hidden in a spikey husk. There are usually two, three sided triangular shaped brown nuts.

3. The beech tree.