<span style="color:#3CB371">Commentary and botanical identification:</span>
<span style="color:#3CB371">Commentary and botanical identification:</span>
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Simon's equating of Latin ''fagus'' with Greek φηγός /phēgós/ (Dor. φαγός /phāgós/) is etymologically correct but botanically questionable. ''Fagus'' is generally identified as ''Fagus silvatica'' L. the "common, copper or European beech" [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagus_sylvatica]]. Its distribution is from central Spain to northwest Turkey, where it is replaced by ''Fagus orientalis'' Lipsky [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagus_orientalis]]. It should be said that in warmer regions ''F. silvatica'' prefers a mountainous habitat.