生長高度可至24公尺（79呎）的山毛櫸樹種，樹的基部形成多條分裂的樹幹。是日本落葉林的主要樹種之一。在西半球被栽植用作觀賞植物。

日本山毛櫸(較矮)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
日本水青岡(種)　(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
jih pen shan mao chü (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
rì běn shān máo jǔ(P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
ri ben shan mao ju (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
Fagus japonica(species)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,N)
Fagus japonica(species)　(P,,U,拉丁語-偏好,D,U,U)
Fagus japonica(species)　(P,,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,N)
Japanese beech(species)　(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,N)
Japanese blue beech(species)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....代理者層面
........活體有機體
............真核生物 (域)
................植物界 (界)
....................被子植物門 (門)
........................木蘭綱 (綱)
............................殼斗目 (目)
................................山毛櫸科 (科)
....................................水青岡屬 (屬)
........................................日本山毛櫸 (較矮)

source plant or animal for....

日本水青岡(木材)

英文....	Species of beech tree that grows to 24 m (79 feet) in height, with divisions at the base into several stems. It is one of the primary species of deciduous forests in Japan. It is grown as an ornamental in the western hemisphere.

日本山毛櫸(較矮)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 August 14, 2014
日本水青岡(種)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	AAT-Taiwan 借詞編輯與使用原則 (2013)
Fagus japonica(species)............	[VP]
.................	Hora, Oxford Encyclopedia of the Trees of the World (1981) 128
.................	Tesauro de Arte & Arquitectura (2000-)
.................	Brickell y Joyce, Enciclopedia de la poda (1997) 65
.................	NCBI Taxonomy Browser (2008-)
.................	Smithsonian Collections Search Center (2009-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Japanese beech(species)............	[VP]
.................	Hora, Oxford Encyclopedia of the Trees of the World (1981) 128
.................	Tesauro de Arte & Arquitectura (2000-)
Japanese blue beech(species)............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Getty AAT: 300343883 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300343883
聯合目錄： 日本山毛櫸 、日本水青岡 、jih pen shan mao chü 、rì běn shān máo jǔ 、ri ben shan mao ju 、Fagus japonica 、Japanese beech 、Japanese blue beech 、Fagus japonica 、Fagus japonica 、haya japónica