Characteristics
Dicots
Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.
AMERICAN BEECH
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Native
FACU (NWPL)
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Citation
FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA Ehrhart, Beitr. Naturk. 3: 22. 1788.
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Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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Synonyms
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Type
Fagus alba
Fagus alba Rafinesque, Fl. Ludov. 134. 1817.
TYPE: LOUISIANA:
Fagus americana
Fagus americana (Persoon) Sweet, Hort. Brit. 370. 1826.
BASIONYM: Fagus sylvatica Linnaeus, var. americana Persoon 1807.
Fagus atropunicea
Fagus atropunicea (Marshall) Sudworth, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 43. 1893.
BASIONYM: Fagus sylvatica Linnaeus, var. atropunicea Marshall 1785.
Fagus ferruginea
Fagus ferruginea Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 362. 1789.
Fagus ferruginea var. caroliniana
Fagus ferruginea Aiton, var. caroliniana Loudon, Arb. Frut. Brit. 3: 1980, fig. 1915. 1838.
Fagus grandifolia forma caroliniana
Fagus grandifolia Ehrhart, forma caroliniana (Loudon) Farwell, Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 93. 1924.
BASIONYM: Fagus ferruginea Aiton, var. caroliniana Loudon 1838.
Fagus grandifolia forma mollis
Fagus grandifolia Ehrhart, forma mollis Fernald & Rehder, in Rehder, Rhodora 9: 114. 1907.
TYPE: FLORIDA: Leon Co.: Tallahassee, 7-9 Aug 1895, Nash 2339 (holotype: GH?).
Fagus grandifolia forma pubescens
Fagus grandifolia Ehrhart, forma pubescens Fernald & Rehder, in Rehder, Rhodora 9: 111. 1907.
Fagus grandifolia subsp. mexicana
Fagus grandifolia Ehrhart, subsp. mexicana (Martínez) E. Murray, Kalmia 13: 6. 1983.
BASIONYM: Fagus mexicana Martínez 1939.
Fagus grandifolia var. caroliniana
Fagus grandifolia Ehrhart, var. caroliniana (Loudon) Fernald & Rehder, Rhodora 9: 114. 1907.
BASIONYM: Fagus ferruginea Aiton, var. caroliniana Loudon 1838.
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