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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fagus grandifolia +   FAMILY Fagaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fagus grandifolia   FAMILY Fagaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Fagus grandifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-01-001:

Fagus grandifolia   FAMILY Fagaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Fagus grandifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
American Beech


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Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p24a

        

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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_261

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_fagr_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_fagr_004_lhd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_fagr_006_lvd

        

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Keith Bradley    kab_f_grandifolia_3608

January    Hampton County    SC

Lake Warren State Park

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JK Marlow    jkm0402d_19

February    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Bark is smooth and grayish, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

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JK Marlow    jkm0303l_19

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

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JK Marlow    jkm0503b_34

March    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_1277354132869657

April    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

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JK Marlow    jkm0204d_19

April    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Leaves often remain throughout the winter, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

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JK Marlow    jkm0304o_15

April    Greenville County    SC

Buds 1" long, lance-shaped, very sharp-pointed; bud scales lustrous tan, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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JK Marlow    jkm190413_7263

April    Rabun County    GA

Staminate flowers in spherical drooping heads on slender peduncles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    s030621_a

June    Greenville County    SC

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Gill Newberry    gn07_f_grandifolia_branch

July        

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JK Marlow    jkm090726_103

July    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Fruit is a softly prickled bur enclosing 2-3 nuts, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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JK Marlow    jkm090726_107

July    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Beechnuts are three-cornered and small but solidly full of meat, per Farmer Boy (Wilder, 1933).

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JK Marlow    jkm140730_242

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

To see more pictures of this, google "root tree Greenville SC", per USA Today.

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Gill Newberry    gn08_f_grandifolia_veins_

August        

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Gill Newberry    gn08_f_trunk_with_heart

August        

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Gill Newberry    gn08_fagus_leaf

August        

Leaves have straight, evenly spaced secondary veins, per Fall Color & Woodland Harvests (Bell & Lindsey, 1990).

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JK Marlow    jkm200804_6831

August    Spartanburg County    SC

"Grylloprociphilus imbricator" - not considered a serious threat to beech trees.

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_f_grandifolia_2_bark

August    Floyd County    GA

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JK Marlow    jkm200908_7135

September    Spartanburg County    SC

When disturbed, "boogie-woogie aphids" lift and pulse their fuzzy posteriors.

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Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_090721hayesville01

September    Clay County    NC

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Paul Thompson    pstfagus_grandifolia

September?        

Note glossy leaves with acuminate tips and parallel lateral veins. — Clemson Extension

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Gill Newberry    gn10_fagus_nuts

October        

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JK Marlow    jkm0211j_13

November    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0511e_21

November    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

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JK Marlow    jkm061104_089

November    Swain County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm201107_8110

November    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

A glorious display of fall color with a young beech in the foreround.

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JK Marlow    jkm211112_4897

November    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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Steve Marlow    snm_607beech3_sspsel

November    Greenville County    SC

Southside County Park

Recognized by leaves with dentate margin, the tip acuminate, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

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Paul Thompson    pstfagus_grandifolia2

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fagus grandifolia +   FAMILY Fagaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fagus grandifolia   FAMILY Fagaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Fagus grandifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-01-001:
Fagus grandifolia   FAMILY Fagaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fagus grandifolia

 

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