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American Beech
Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.

kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots »  order Fagales »  family Fagaceae »  genus Fagus - beech

Scientific synonyms

Fagus americana Sweet
Fagus grandifolia var. caroliniana (Loud.) Fern. & Rehd.
Fagus ferruginea Aiton
Fagus grandifolia subsp. heterophylla Camp

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC

Images

Fagus grandifolia - American Beech

Fagus grandifolia - American Beech

Fagus grandifolia - American Beech

Fagus grandifolia - American Beech

Fagus grandifolia - American Beech

Author: Michael Kesl

Fagus grandifolia - American Beech

Author: Michael Kesl

Fagus grandifolia - American Beech

Author: Michael Kesl

Fagus grandifolia - American Beech

Fagus grandifolia - American Beech

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Fagus grandifolia - American Beech

Intertaxon relationships

consumer: Psyrassa unicolor (Randall, 1838), Anthophylax attenuatus (Haldeman, 1847), Dryobius sexnotatus Linsley, 1957 - Six-banded longhorn beetle

consumer (larval stage only): Amorpha juglandis (J. E. Smith, 1797) - Walnut Sphinx Moth, Paonias excaecata (J. E. Smith, 1797) - Blinded Sphinx Moth, Ceratomia amyntor (Geyer, 1835) - Elm Sphinx Moth

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Included taxa

Number of records: 2

subspecies Fagus grandifolia subsp. grandifolia
subspecies Fagus grandifolia subsp. mexicana (Martínez) A.E.Murray

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [62004694]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN PLANTS Database [FAGR]

PLANTS Database [http://plants.usda.gov]
EN Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [295597-1]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.]
Data retrieved on: 1 February 2025
EN C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.]
Data retrieved on: 19 September 2019
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