Fagus Linnaeus. Common name: Beech.
A genus of about 11 species, trees, of temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Our native trees belong to subgenus Fagus, section Grandifolia (Shen 1992; Jiang et al. 2022). Infrageneric classification follows Jiang et al. (2022).
References: Cooper & Mercer (1977); Elias (1971a); Govaerts & Frodin (1998); Jiang et al. (2022); Kubitzki (1993g) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Nixon (1997a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Shen (1992); Stanford (1998). Show full citations.
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© Keith Bradley | Fagus grandifolia var. grandifolia | Original Image ⭷
© Keith Bradley | Fagus grandifolia var. caroliniana | Original Image ⭷
© Keith Bradley | Fagus grandifolia var. caroliniana | Original Image ⭷
© Erik Danielson | Fagus sylvatica source | Original Image ⭷
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