Faux de Verzy 2 meter high dwarf beech tree belonging to the same species; it was planted in 1905. Faux de Verzy A Fau de Verzy is either a Dwarf Beech ("Fagus sylvatica" variety "tortuosa"), a dwarf oak tree, or a dwarf chestnut tree. These grow in the forest of Verzy, 25 km south of Reims in France. In this forest are less than a thousand dwarf beeches, some dozen dwarf oaks and some dwarf chestnuts (see Biology below), but this article speaks in the main about dwarf beeches. The word designated the beech in Old French (the plural was ); this word
Parornix fagivora Parornix fagivora Parornix fagivora is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Albania and from Great Britain to southern Russia. The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The larvae feed on "Fagus sylvatica", including subspecies "Fagus sylvatica orientalis". They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a small lower-surface epidermal corridor with reddish brown frass. Later, it becomes a small rectangular full depth blotch with black frass. The larva deposits only little silk in the mine, that remains practically flat. In the end, the larva leaves the mine and