American Beech
Scientific Name: Fagus grandifolia
Smooth, thin, light gray bark. Edible, three-sided nuts, housed in a bur-like husk. Marcescent leaves (retention of dead leaves beyond autumn).
American Beech
Scientific Name: Fagus grandifolia
American Beech
| Genus species: | Fagus grandifolia | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | American Beech | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Fagaceae 
Deciduous trees; leaves alternate, simple, stipulate; flowers unisexual, regular, in catkins or spikes or solitary; fruit a nut subtended by an involucre (spiny bur or scaly cup). | |||||||||||
| Seed Type | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Tree | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | A. Swanson | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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