American beech
Fagus grandifolia
Summary 6
Fagus grandifolia, the American beech or North American beech, is the species of beech tree native to the eastern United States and extreme southeast Canada. The genus name Fagus is Latin for "beech", and the species name grandifolia comes from grandis "large" and folium "leaf".
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More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
iNat Map
| Fruit type | Nut |
|---|---|
| Fruit season | Fall, Summer |
| Leaf arrangement | Alternate |
| Simple/compound | Simple |
| Evergreen or deciduous | Deciduous, Evergreen, Semi-evergreen |
| Leaf margin | Serrated |
| Bark color | Gray |
| Flower color | green |
