Flora of North America species comparison

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Fagus

beech, haya, hêtre
Habit Trees, winter-deciduous.
Leaves

blade thin, secondary veins unbranched, ± parallel, extending to margin, each vein ending in acute or obscure tooth.
Inflorescences

unisexual, axillary in new growth leaves;

staminate inflorescence lax, loosely capitate cluster of flowers;

pistillate inflorescence short, stiff, cupule 1, terminal.
Staminate flowers

sepals connate;

stamens 6-16;

pistillode typically absent.
Pistillate flowers

2 per cupule;

sepals distinct;

carpels and styles 3.
Fruits

maturation in 1st year following pollination;

cupule 4-valved, valves distinct, ±completely enclosing nuts until maturity, prickly, prickles stout, unbranched, short, not obscuring surface of cupule, internal valves absent;

nuts 2 per cupule, sharply 3-angled, slightly winged.
Terminal

buds present, long, tapered in maturity, all scales imbricate.
x

= 12.

Fagus
Distribution
from USDA
Mexico; Temperate; subtropical; and montane tropical forests; North America (e United States); Europe; Asia
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Discussion

Species 8-10 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Fagaceae
Subordinate taxa
F. grandifolia
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 997. 175: Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 432. (1754)
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