Imithi ye-beech, njengoko igama lisitsho, Ngamahlathi akhiwe ikakhulu ngemithi yeebhekhi. Iinyosi (igama lenzululwazi UFagus Sylvatica), yimithi enqabileyo kwaye yeyosapho lweFagaceae.
Kukho amahlathi amaninzi e-beech eSpain, nganye ineempawu zayo. Ngaba uyafuna ukwazi ngakumbi ngamahlathi e-beech?
Iimpawu zehlathi lebeech
Imithi ye-Beech ihlala imalunga ne-35-40m ubude kwaye inesiqu esithe nkqo, esingaxinwanga. Isithsaba somthi si-oval kwaye bahlala benesilinda xa bekhula ehlathini bengqongwe eminye imithi ye-beech kunye nokuma ngokuthe ngcembe, okuvulekileyo nokungahambelani ukuba bahlala bodwa.
Olunye lweempawu ze-beech Kukuba ayitshintshi okanye itshintshe ixolo layo. Ihlala ngokugudileyo kubomi bayo bonke, ine-ashy grey okanye umbala omhlophe. Amagqabi alula, athambile kwaye aluhlaza oqaqambileyo xa esemncinci, kwaye njengoko evuthwa aba mnyama. Sisityalo esinee-monoecious kwaye sikhula iintyatyambo ezingamadoda ezidityaniswe kwii-inflorescence ze-globose ekupheleni kwepuncle ende ende. Amabhinqa avela ngokwamaqela ukusuka kwisinye ukuya kwisithathu, kunqabile ukuba zine, kwi-peduncle emfutshane kwaye emileyo, eqala ukuba tyheli ngombala kwaye kamva imdaka ngombala.
Ngokubhekisele kwiziqhamo ze-beech zihlala ziqukethe iimbewu ezimbini ezide ezidliwayo kwaye zinencasa efanayo nembewu kajongilanga. Iimbewu zifakwe kwidome egqunyiweyo ethi, xa ivuthiwe, ivule ngezivalo ezine, ikhuphe iinyosi. Ezi mbewu zityebe kakhulu kwisitatshi, iialeurones kunye nezinto ezinamafutha.
Imithi ye-beech eSpain
E-Spain indawo yokuhanjiswa kwemithi ye-beech Ngokukodwa kwiiNtaba zeCantabrian nasePyrenees. Kukwakho nemingxunya yeebhokhwe, enjengepaki yendalo yamazibuko eTortosa-Beceite (Tarragona) yeyona ndawo isemazantsi eSpain nakwamanye amahlathi enkqubo esembindini.