Study of survival, height growth, external quality and phenology in a beech provenance trial in southern Sweden

Traits such as survival, height growth, external stem quality and phenology were studied after 1–10 years of growth in one beech provenance trial in southern Sweden. The trial included 33 provenances from different European countries and belong to a series of international beech provenance trials established throughout Europe.
Significant differences among provenances were found for all traits studied except for autumn phenology and forking. So far the three Swedish provenances have behaved quite modestly indicating that the local material is not the most suitable one.