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Fagus grandifolia - Twig - Click to enlarge!

Twig; Falmouth, MA, USA; 6/2003 © Christopher Neill

Fagus grandifolia - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Falmouth, MA, USA; 6/2003 © Christopher Neill

Fagus grandifolia - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Wendell State Forest, MA, USA; 11/2005 © Sonja Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 165
Date of entry: 22.11.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: American Beech

German: Amerikanische Buche

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fagales (32)

        Family: Fagaceae (23)(family description)

          Genus: Fagus (3)

            Epithet: grandifolia Ehrh. (2)

grandifolia => large leaved

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

External links

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