fagus sylvatica tree 08 tree in the beech family with smooth silvery-gray bark, large leaf area, and a short trunk with low branches. Shoot with nut cupules Undisturbed, the European beech has a lifespan of 300 years; one tree at the Valle Cervara site was more than 500 years old—the oldest known in the northern hemisphere. In cultivated forest stands trees are normally harvested at 80–120 years of age. 30 years are needed to achieve full maturity (as compared to 40 for American beech). Like most trees, its form depends on the location: in forest areas, F. sylvatica grows to over 30 m (100 ft), with branches being high up on the trunk. In open locations, it will become much shorter (typically 15–24 m or 50–80 ft) and more massive. 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. Small quantities of seeds may be produced around 10 years of age, but not a heavy crop until the tree is at least 30 years old. F. sylvatica male flowers are borne in the small catkins which are a hallmark of the Fagales order (beeches, chestnuts, oaks, walnuts, hickories, birches, and hornbeams). The female flowers produce beechnuts, small triangular nuts 15–20 mm (5⁄8–3⁄4 in) long and 7–10 mm (1⁄4–3⁄8 in) wide at the base; there are two nuts in each cupule, maturing in the autumn 5–6 months after pollination. Flower and seed production is particularly abundant in years following a hot, sunny and dry summer, though rarely for two years in a row. 3 Different Models 1-height: 600 cm 2- Materials is archive (material library) - Corona mtl + Vray mtl + Standard mtl 3-Polys 1077k + Verts 1916k 4- 4K texture + 4K material 5- BMP + JPEG (texture), MAX, OBJ 6- 3dmodels MAX + OBJ 7- Corona render + Vray render (Renderer Engine-MAX) 8- Standard render (Renderer Engine-OBJ) 9- Models have unwrapped overlapping and maps are real world scale Note - To use the max file you need to use at 3dsmax 2015 - Units Centimeters - Topology (quad mesh) - You Can Use Turbo Smooth
