The leaves of beech are often not abscissed dropped in the autumn and instead remain on the tree until the spring. This process is called marcescence. This particularly occurs when trees are saplings or when plants are clipped as a hedge making beech hedges attractive screens, even in winter, but it also often continues to occur on the lower branches when the tree is mature.

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