The Pasture beech () is a particular species or growth habit of the beech which developed in the Black Forest, because the young trees growing on pastures or in pastoral forests were nibbled by the grazing animals, above all cows and goats, i.e. their leaves and branches were eaten and, as a consequence, they have no main trunk and grow bushy.Weidbuchen im Schwarzwald und ihre Entstehung durch Verbiß des Wälderviehs (Pasture beeches in the Black Forest and their formation due to nibbling animals grazing in the pastoral forests),
In the Southern Black Forest 1600 places were found where pasture beeches are growing.Southern Black Forest Nature Park: Weidbuchen
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Further reading Southern Black Forest Nature Park: Weidbuchen erhalten, 2 pages