Fagus hayatae Palib. ex Hayata

Occurs in three disjunct areas; the plants from each area are slightly different and have been treated as taxonomically distinct.

Trees to 20 m tall. Winter buds to 1.5 cm. Leaf blade rhomboid-ovate, 3-7 cm, covered with silky pubescence when young, glabrescent except for glandular dots and tufts of hair on midvein and abaxially on axils of secondary veins, base broadly cuneate to nearly rounded, apex acute to shortly acuminate; veins blackish when dry; midvein flexuous toward apex; secondary veins 5-9 on each side of midvein, ending in teeth. Peduncle 0.5-2 cm, pilose. Cupule 7-10 mm; bracts linear, recurved, 1-3 mm, pilose. Nut as long as cupule, with very small wings near apex. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Aug-Oct.

Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, N Taiwan, Zhejiang.

* Mountain ridges and summits in deciduous forests; 1300-2300 m.

Fagus hayatae var. zhejiangensis M. C. Liu & M. H. Wu ex Y. T. Chang & C. C. Huang; F. pashanica C. C. Yang.

Fagus hayatae, also known as Taiwan beech, is a species of beech tree. It can grow 20 metres (66 ft) tall.It is the only beech species native to Taiwan. While IUCN reports it, as endemic to Taiwan, "Flora of China" and "Flora of Taiwan" also report it from China; "Flora of China" reports a wide but discontinuous mainland distribution between Sichuan in the southwest to Zhejiang in the east.